Cabestana africana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
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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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Description edit
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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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off South Africa.
References edit
- ^ a b Cabestana africana (A. Adams, 1855). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
- Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1–331, pls 1-70.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cabestana africana.
- Adams, A. (1855). Description of twenty-seven new species of shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22: 311-317
- "Cabestana africana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.