Cassis tuberosa
Cassis tuberosa, the king helmet, is a species of very large sea snail with a solid, heavy shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies.[1]
| Cassis tuberosa | |
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| A live C. tuberosa in situ | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cassidae |
| Genus: | Cassis |
| Species: | C. tuberosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cassis tuberosa | |
Distribution
This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean in: North Carolina, Florida, Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Bermuda, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, Brazil, and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean at the Cape Verde Islands.
Ventral side, animal alive but soft parts retracted
Human use
The shell of this species has been used for creating cameos.
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References
- Cassis tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
- Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
External links
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