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.
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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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