Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Tonnoidea Genus Casmaria Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Cassidae Scientific name Casmaria erinaceus Rank Species | |
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Similar Casmaria, Phalium areola, Phalium bandatum, Phalium, Semicassis bisulcata | ||
Casmaria erinaceus, common name : the common bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 79 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius; in the Pacific Ocean along Melanesia and Micronesia.
References
Casmaria erinaceus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA