Cabestana

Cabestana
A live but retracted individual of Cabestana spengleri in situ
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Cabestana
Röding, 1798
Type species
Cabestana cutacea
Linnaeus, 1767
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Aquillus Montfort, 1810
  • Cabestana (Cymatilesta) Iredale, 1936
  • Cymatilesta Iredale, 1936
  • Cymatium (Cabestana) Röding, 1798
  • Dolarium Schlüter, 1838
  • Neptunella Gray, 1854
  • Triton (Cabestana)
  • Tritonium (Cabestana) Röding, 1798

Cabestana is a genus of medium to large sea snails known as predatory whelks, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.