Cabestana spengleri
A live individual of Cabestana spengleri in situ
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Cabestana
Species:
C. spengleri
Binomial name
Cabestana spengleri
(Perry, 1811)
Synonyms
  • Cabestana spengleri procerum (Iredale, 1929)
  • Cymatium spengleri (Perry, 1811)
  • Cymatium spengleri procerum Iredale, 1929
  • Murex spengleri Dillwyn, 1817
  • Septa spengleri Perry, 1811 (original combination)
  • Triton (Cabestana) boltenianus A. Adams, 1855
  • Triton barthelemyi Bernardi, 1857
  • Triton boltenianus A. Adams, 1855 ·

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.

An apertural view of a shell of Cabestana spengleri
A shell of Cabestana spengleri on the foreshore near MacMasters beach

Description

The length of the shell attains 153 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand (Chatham Island, Kermadec Islands) and Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia).

References

  1. ^ Cabestana spengleri (Perry, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.

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