Cabestana tabulata

Cabestana tabulata, common name the shouldered triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.

Cabestana tabulata
Shell of Cabestana tabulata (specimen at the Auckland Museum)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Cabestana
Species:	C. tabulata
Binomial name
Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)
Synonyms
Cabestana (Cymatilesta) otagoensis Powell, 1954 † Cabestana debelior Finlay, 1930 † Cabestana manawatuna C. A. Fleming, 1943 Cabestana otagoensis Powell, 1954 Cabestana tabulata manawatuna C. A. Fleming, 1943 Cabestana waterhousei (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) Cabestana waterhousei segregata Powell, 1933 Cymatilesta waterhousei (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) Cymatilesta waterhousei tepida Iredale, 1936 Cymatium waterhousei (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) Cymatium waterhousei frigidulum Iredale, 1929 Triton tabulata Menke, 1843 Triton waterhousei A. Adams & Angas, 1864 Tritonium tabulatum Menke, 1843 superseded combination (basionym)

Description

The shell size varies between 35 mm and 130 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the seas along Southern Australia and Northern New Zealand

References

• Powell, A.W.B. (1933). Notes on the taxonomy of the recent Cymatiidae and Naticidae of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 63: 154–168.
• Fleming, C.A. (1943). Tertiary Mollusca from Dannevirke Subdivision. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 73: 193–208.
• Powell, A. W. B. (1954). "New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, with Descriptions of New Species, Part 2". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 4: 235–240. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906069. Wikidata Q58676746.
• Beu, A. G. (1976). New records of Cymatiidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from Kapitean to Castlecliffian (Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene) rocks of East Cape District, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 19: 297-310
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
• Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

• "Cabestana tabulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
• Menke, K. T. (1843). Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae specimen. Hannover: Libraria Aulica Hahniana. 46 pp
• Adams, A. & Angas, G. F. (1864). Descriptions of new species of shells, chiefly from Australia, in the collection of Mr. Angas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1864: 35-40
• Iredale, T. (1929). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum. 17(4): 157-189
• Finlay, H. J. (1930). New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds. Part 3. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 61, 49–84, 6 pls.
• Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24