Cabestana africana | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Cabestana africana (A. Adams, 1855) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
Family: | Cymatiidae |
Genus: | Cabestana |
Species: | C. africana
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Binomial name | |
Cabestana africana (
A. Adams, 1855)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Cabestana africana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. [1]
The size of the shell varies between 60 mm and 115 mm.
The body whorl is nearly smooth. The upper whorls show spiral elevated ridges. The red-brown shell is white within the aperture.
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This marine species occurs off South Africa.
Cabestana africana | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Cabestana africana (A. Adams, 1855) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
Family: | Cymatiidae |
Genus: | Cabestana |
Species: | C. africana
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Binomial name | |
Cabestana africana (
A. Adams, 1855)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Cabestana africana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. [1]
The size of the shell varies between 60 mm and 115 mm.
The body whorl is nearly smooth. The upper whorls show spiral elevated ridges. The red-brown shell is white within the aperture.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (July 2023) |
This marine species occurs off South Africa.