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 molluscs 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 :

• Phalium areolum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Phalium bandatum (Perry, 1811)
• Phalium bisulcatum
• Phalium decipiens Kilburn, 1980
• Phalium faurotis
• Phalium fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
• Phalium flammiferum (Röding, 1798)
• Phalium glabratum (Dunker, 1852)
• Phalium glaucum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Phalium granulatum (Born, 1778)
• Phalium labiatum (Perry, 1811)
• Phalium torquata Reeve
• Phalium vibex Reeve

Species brought into synonymy

• Phalium andersoni Abbott, 1968 : synonym of Echinophoria hadra (Woodring & Olsson, 1957)
• Phalium granulatum (Von Born, 1778) : synonym of Semicassis granulata (Born, 1778)
• Phalium inornatum Pilsbry, 1895 : synonym of Semicassis inornata (Pilsbry, 1895)
• Phalium kurodai Abbott, 1968 : synonym of Echinophoria wyvillei (Watson, 1886)
• Phalium saburon (Bruguière, 1792) : synonym of Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792)
• Phalium undulatum (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Semicassis granulata (Born, 1778)

References

• Abbott, R.T. (1968). The Helmet shells of the world (Cassidae) Part 1. Indo-pacific Mollusca 2(9): 7-201
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213 (
• Beu A.G. 2008: Recent deep-water Cassidae of the world. A revision of Galeodea, Oocorys, Sconsia, Echinophoria and related taxa, with new genera and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). In Héros V., Cowie R.H. & Bouchet P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 269-387
• Kreipl K. 1997. Recent Cassidae. Christa Hemmen, Wiesbaden, 151 p