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. 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.

• Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
• Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

External links

• Gastropods.com : Cassis (Cassis) tessellata; accessed : 22 June 2011