Cassis tuberosa
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| Cassis tuberosa | |
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| Cassis tuberosa | |
| 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) |
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Cassis tuberosa, common name the king helmet, 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.
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[edit] 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. [1]
[edit] Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 301 mm.[1]
[edit] Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[1] Maximum recorded depth is 27 m.[1]
[edit] Human use
The shell of this species has been used for creating cameos.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
