Cabestana cutacea, common name the Mediterranean bark triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
Description
The adult shell size varies between 25 mm and 90 mm.
Distribution
This species is found in European waters (Spain); in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, the Azores and the Cape Verdes; and off Mozambique and South Africa.
List of synonyms
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Aquillus cutaceus (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Aquillus cutaceus var. major Pallary, 1920
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Aquillus dolarium (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Aquillus dolarium attenuata (f) Pallary, P., 1920
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Aquillus dolarium elongata (f) Pallary, P., 1920
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Aquillus dolarium major (f) Pallary, P., 1920
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Cabestana costata Röding, 1798
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Cabestana cutacea cutacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Cabestana dolaria (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Cabestana doliata Röding, 1798
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Cymatium doliarium Linnaeus 1767
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Murex cutaceus Linnaeus, 1767
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Murex dolarium Linnaeus, 1767
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Murex succinctus Risso, 1826
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Ranella lemania Risso, 1826
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Ranella tuberculata Risso, 1826
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Simpulum dolarium (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Simpulum dolarium var. elongata Pallary, 1903
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Triton africanum Adams A., 1855
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Triton cutaceum (Linnaeus, 1767) (incorrect gender agreement of specific epithet)
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Triton cutaceus (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Triton cutaceus var. curta Buquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
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Triton cutaceus var. gerna de Gregorio, 1885
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Triton cutaceus var. isgura de Gregorio, 1885
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Tritonium curtum Locard, 1886
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Tritonium danieli Locard, 1886
References
- MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
