Cabestana spengleri | |
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A live individual of Cabestana spengleri in situ | |
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. spengleri
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Binomial name | |
Cabestana spengleri (
Perry, 1811)
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Synonyms | |
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Cabestana spengleri, or Spengler's trumpet, is a large predatory sea snail, sometimes called a predatory whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae. [1] This species is named after the Danish naturalist Lorenz Spengler.
The length of the shell attains 153 mm.
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This marine species occurs off New Zealand ( Chatham Island, Kermadec Islands) and Australia ( New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia).
Cabestana spengleri | |
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A live individual of Cabestana spengleri in situ | |
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. spengleri
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Binomial name | |
Cabestana spengleri (
Perry, 1811)
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Synonyms | |
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Cabestana spengleri, or Spengler's trumpet, is a large predatory sea snail, sometimes called a predatory whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae. [1] This species is named after the Danish naturalist Lorenz Spengler.
The length of the shell attains 153 mm.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (July 2023) |
This marine species occurs off New Zealand ( Chatham Island, Kermadec Islands) and Australia ( New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia).