Cabestana dolaria
| 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] | |
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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 2 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.
- ↑ 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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