Cabestana tabulata
| Cabestana tabulata | |
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| Shell of Cabestana tabulata (specimen at the Auckland Museum) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Cabestana |
| Species: | C. tabulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Cabestana tabulata, common name the shouldered triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[2] 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.[3][4] 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.[4]
References
- ^ a b Powell, A. W. B. (1954). "New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, with Descriptions of New Species, Part 2". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 4: 235–240. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906069. Wikidata Q58676746.
- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "Cabestana tabulata | Molluscs of Tasmania". Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Cabestana tabulata". seashellsofnsw.org.au. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- 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.
External links
- "Cabestana tabulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- Menke, K. T. (1843). Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae specimen. Hannover: Libraria Aulica Hahniana. 46 pp
- Adams, A. & Angas, G. F. (1864). Descriptions of new species of shells, chiefly from Australia, in the collection of Mr. Angas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1864: 35-40
- Iredale, T. (1929). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum. 17(4): 157-189
- Finlay, H. J. (1930). New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds. Part 3. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 61, 49–84, 6 pls.
- Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 Archived 11 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine
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