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Cabestana tabulata

Cabestana tabulata, common name the shouldered triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. Also known as Waterhouse's Rock Whelk.

Description

Cabestana tabulata is a type of seashell, which can be up to 130mm, but is usually 40-100 cm in length. The shell has 7 to 10 strong, paired spiral ribs and smaller, weaker intermediate riblets, and nodules on the shoulder. The Outer lip is expanded and thickened. It is yellow-brown in color.

Distribution

This species occurs in the seas along Southern Australia and Northern New Zealand and is found amongst seaweed and rocks, intertidally and subtidally.

References

  • Powell, A.W.B. (1933). Notes on the taxonomy of the recent Cymatiidae and Naticidae of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 63: 154–168.
  • Fleming, C.A. (1943). Tertiary Mollusca from Dannevirke Subdivision. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 73: 193–208.
  • Beu, A. G. (1976). New records of Cymatiidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from Kapitean to Castlecliffian (Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene) rocks of East Cape District, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 19: 297-310
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
  • Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

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