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Phalium fimbria

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Phalium fimbria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cassidae
Genus: Phalium
Species:
P. fimbria
Binomial name
Phalium fimbria
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum fimbria Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Cassis plicaria Lamarck, 1822
  • Cassis plicata Deshayes, 1844
  • Phalium fimbriata (misspelling)

Phalium fimbria is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Phalium fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791). WoRMS (2009). Phalium fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217005 on 14 August 2010 .
  • Kreipl K. 1997. Recent Cassidae. Christa Hemmen, Wiesbaden, 151 p.
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
  • Verbinnen G., Segers L., Swinnen F., Kreipl K. & Monsecour D. (2016). Cassidae. An amazing family of seashells. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 251 pp.
  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
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