Phalium bandatum
| Phalium bandatum | |
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| Dorsal view of a shell of Phalium bandatum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda cladeHypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cassidae |
| Family: | Cassidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassinae |
| Genus: | Phalium |
| Species: | P. bandatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Phalium bandatum | |
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Phalium bandatum, common name the banded bonnet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae. [1]
There is one subspecies: Phalium bandatum exaratum (Reeve, 1848)
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 140 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs along the coasts of Japan, the Philippines and Northern Australia.
References
- ↑ WoRMS (2010). Phalium bandatum. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217002 on 2011-06-22
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