Cabestana

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Cabestana spengleri.jpg

| image_caption = A live but retracted individual of Cabestana spengleri in situ

| taxon = Cabestana

| authority = Röding, 1798

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =

  • Aquillus Montfort, 1810
  • Cabestana (Cymatilesta) Iredale, 1936
  • Cymatilesta Iredale, 1936
  • Cymatium (Cabestana) Röding, 1798
  • Dolarium Schlüter, 1838
  • Neptunella Gray, 1854
  • Triton (Cabestana)
  • Tritonium (Cabestana) Röding, 1798

| type_species = Cabestana cutacea

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1767

}}

Cabestana is a genus of medium to large sea snails known as predatory whelks, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.{{WRMS species|138424|Cabestana Röding, 1798||4 December 2018}}

Description

The ventricose shell is umbilicated. The whorls are nodosely ribbed. The outer lip is dentated internally.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls]

Distribution

This genus has a cosmopolitan distribution and is found in warm temperate and tropical waters.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

;Species brought into synonymy:

  • Cabestana costata Röding, 1798: synonym of Cabestana cutacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Cabestana debelior Finlay, 1930 : synonym of Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)
  • Cabestana dolaria (Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Cabestana cutacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Cabestana doliata Röding, 1798: synonym of Cabestana cutacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Cabestana otagoensis Powell, 1954 : synonym of Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)
  • Cabestana manawatuna C. A. Fleming, 1943: synonym of † Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)
  • Cabestana waterhousei (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) : synonym of Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)
  • Cabestana (Turritriton) labiosa (Wood, 1828): synonym of Turritriton labiosus (Wood, 1828)

References

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  • Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-85467-054-8}}
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  • Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls. page(s): 118-119