Casmaria erinaceus

Casmaria erinaceus
	Five views of a shell of Casimaria erinanceus
	Five views of a shell of Casimaria erinanceus form vibex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Cassidae
Genus:	Casmaria
Species:	C. erinaceus
Binomial name
	Casmaria erinaceus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Cassis denticulata Röding, P.F., 1798; Cassis ventricosa Rigacci, 1866; Cassis vibex (Linnaeus, 1758); Murex torosus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816; Phalium edentulum Link, H.F., 1807;

Casmaria erinaceus, common name : the common bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.^[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 79 mm.

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius; in the Pacific Ocean along Melanesia and Micronesia.

^ ^a ^b Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2009). Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211107 on 22 June 2011 .

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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