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Cabestana

Cabestana
Cabestana spengleri.jpg
A live but retracted individual of Cabestana spengleri in situ
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Genus: Cabestana
Röding, 1798
Type species
Murex cutacea Linnaeus, 1767
Species

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Synonyms
  • Aquillus Montfort, 1810
  • Cabestana (Cymatilesta) Iredale, 1936
  • Cymatilesta Iredale, 1936
  • Cymatium (Cabestana) Röding, 1798
  • Dolarium Schlüter, 1838
  • Neptunella Gray, 1854

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Cabestana is a genus of medium to large sea snails known as predatory whelks, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ranellidae, the (tritons).

This genus is found in warm temperate and tropical waters.

Species within the genus include:



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