King helmet
| King helmet | |
|---|---|
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| A live C. tuberosa in situ | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Cassidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassinae |
| Genus: | Cassis |
| Subgenus: | Cassis |
| Species: | C. tuberosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cassis tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
The king helmet, Cassis tuberosa, is a species of very large sea snail with a solid, heavy shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean in: North Carolina, Florida, Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, Brazil, and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean at the Cape Verde Islands.
Ventral side, animal alive but soft parts retracted
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 301 mm.[1]
Habitat
Its minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[1] and maximum recorded depth is 27 m.[1]
Human use
The shell of this species has been used for creating cameos.
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