Cassis tessellata
| Cassis tessellata |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: |
Tonnoidea |
| Family: |
Cassidae |
| Subfamily: |
Cassinae |
| Genus: |
Cassis |
| Species: |
C. tessellata |
| Binomial name |
Cassis tessellata
Gmelin, 1791 |
| Synonyms[1] |
- Buccinum maculosa Gmelin, J.F., 1791
- Buccinum rumpfii Gmelin, J.F., 1791
- Cassis coronata Röding, P.F., 1798
- Cassis fasciata Bruguière, J.G., 1792
- Cassis spinosa "Gronovius" Deshayes, G.P., 1844
- Cassis spinosa "Meuschen, F.C." Iredale, T., 1927
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Cassis tessellata, common name : the West African helmet, 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 66 mm and 300 mm. {{Expand section|date=June 2011}
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean along Cape Verde and from Senegal to Angola.
References
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
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