Phalium

Phalium
Shell of Phalium flammiferum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cassidae
Subfamily: Cassinae
Genus: Phalium
Link, 1807

Phalium, common name the bonnet shells, is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cassidae, the helmet shells, bonnet shells and their allies.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Phalium : [1]

Species brought into synonymy 

References

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