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Ranellidae - Cymatiinae: Cabestana spengleri Perry, 1811 ('Spengler's rock-whelk')
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Synonym(s):
spengleri Perry, 1811
boltenianus A. Adams, 1854
barthelemyi Bernardi, 1857
procerum Iredale, 1929.
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Figures a-b: 155 mm, Dunalley, Tas (E). Figures c-d: 21 mm, Binalong Bay, Tas (E). |
Typical shell-length 180 mm. Very variable in shell size, shape and thickness. Larger size, tapered spire and (when alive) scaly periostracum help to distinguish this species from C. tabulata. Lives intertidally and subtidally amongst rocks and seaweed, from very sheltered to very exposed environments.
Occurs in southern and eastern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC and SA); also New Zealand. In Tasmania this is a widespread and common species, especially in the S.
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