Casmaria ponderosa
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Casmaria ponderosa, common name the heavy bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[1]
Subspecies
- Casmaria ponderosa perryi (Iredale, T., 1912)
- Casmaria ponderosa unicolor (Dautzenberg, Ph., 1926)
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 100 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin, and in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii.
References
- ^ Casmaria ponderosa (Link, 1807). WoRMS (2009). Casmaria ponderosa (Link, 1807). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211108 on 22 June 2011 .
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
External links
- "Casmaria ponderosa ponderosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
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