Cabestana | |
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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 |
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Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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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: