Cabestana dolaria

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Cabestana dolaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Cymatiinae
Genus: Cabestana
Species: C. dolaria
Binomial name
Cabestana dolaria
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Cymatium doliarium L.
  • Aquillus dolarius attenuata (f) Pallary, P., 1920
  • Aquillus dolarius elongata (f) Pallary, P., 1920
  • Aquillus dolarius major (f) Pallary, P., 1920

Cabestana dolaria, common name: the Ringed African triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, referred to as the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]

Description

The adult shell size varies between 25 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in European waters (Spain) and along Mozambique and South Africa.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cabestana dolaria (Linnaeus, 1767). Gofas, S. (2009). Cabestana dolaria (Linné, 1767). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141100 on 8 November 2010.
  2. Gastropods.com : Cabestana cutacea dolaria; accessed : 8 November 2010
  • MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

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