Cabestana africana

Cabestana africana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.

Cabestana africana
Apertural view of a shell of Cabestana africana (A. Adams, 1855)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Cabestana
Species:	C. africana
Binomial name
Cabestana africana (A. Adams, 1855)
Synonyms
Cabestana africana var. forticostatum W. H. Turton, 1932 Cabestana cutacea africana Adams A. 1855 Cymatium africanum (A. Adams, 1855) · superseded combination Cymatium cutaceum africanum (A. Adams, 1855) Cymatium dolarium var. adjacens W. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym) Cymatium dolarium var. forticostatum W. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym) Triton (Cabestana) africanus A. Adams, 1855 (basionym) Triton africanus A. Adams, 1855 (original combination)

Description

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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa.

References

• 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

• 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.