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Cabestana felipponei

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Cabestana felipponei
Shell of Cabestana felipponei (holotype)
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. felipponei
Binomial name
Cabestana felipponei
Synonyms[1]
  • Triton felipponei von Ihering, 1907
  • Tritonium filipponei Ihering, 1907 ·

Cabestana felipponei is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil and Uruguay.

Description

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The maximum recorded shell length is 53 mm.[2]

Habitat

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Minimum recorded depth is 30 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 140 m.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cabestana felipponei (von Ihering, 1907). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  • Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls.
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