Cabestana felipponei

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| image_caption = Shell of Cabestana felipponei (holotype)

| taxon = Cabestana felipponei

| authority = (H. von Ihering, 1907)

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  • Triton felipponei von Ihering, 1907
  • Tritonium filipponei Ihering, 1907 ·

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Cabestana felipponei is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.{{WRMS species|476465|Cabestana felipponei (von Ihering, 1907)||4 December 2018}}

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil and Uruguay.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 53 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0008776}}.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 30 m. Maximum recorded depth is 140 m.

References

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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.