Cassis tessellata

Cassis tessellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cassidae
Genus:	Cassis
Species:	C. tessellata
Binomial name
	Cassis tessellata; Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
	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;

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.

Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean along Cape Verde and from Senegal to Angola.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Cassis tessellata Gmelin, 1791. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.

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.

External links[]

"Cassis (Cassis) tessellata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
Media related to Cassis tessellata at Wikimedia Commons
Photos of Cassis tessellata on Sealife Collection

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[WoRMS-1] Cassis tessellata Gmelin, 1791. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.

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