Casmaria erinaceus

Casmaria erinaceus
Five views of a shell of Casimaria erinanceus
Five views of a shell of Casimaria erinanceus form vibex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cassidae
Genus: Casmaria
Species: C. erinaceus
Binomial name
Casmaria erinaceus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cassis denticulata Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Cassis ventricosa Rigacci, 1866
  • Cassis vibex (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Murex torosus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816
  • Phalium edentulum Link, H.F., 1807

Casmaria erinaceus, common name : the common bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 79 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius; in the Pacific Ocean along Melanesia and Micronesia.

References

  1. 1 2 Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2009). Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211107 on 22 June 2011.

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