Cassis tessellata

Cassis tessellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cassidae
Subfamily: Cassinae
Genus: Cassis
Species: C. tessellata
Binomial name
Cassis tessellata
Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum maculosa Gmelin, J.F., 1791
  • Buccinum rumpfii Gmelin, J.F., 1791
  • Cassis coronata Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Cassis fasciata Bruguière, J.G., 1792
  • Cassis spinosa "Gronovius" Deshayes, G.P., 1844
  • Cassis spinosa "Meuschen, F.C." Iredale, T., 1927

Cassis tessellata, common name : the West African helmet, 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 66 mm and 300 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean along Cape Verde and from Senegal to Angola.

References

  1. 1 2 Cassis tessellata Gmelin, 1791. WoRMS (2009). Cassis tessellata Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224273 on 22 June 2011.

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