Cassis tuberosa (king helmet snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2 (16164819696)
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Description: Cassis tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1758) - apertural view of a king helmet snail shell (specimen housed in the Biologic Repository at Gerace Research Centre/Bahamas Field Station, San Salvador Island, Bahamas). Family Cassidae - cassid snails prey on echinoids (and other echinoderms) in shallow-water marine sandy substrates and reef facies in tropical to temperate settings. Date: 26 March 2007, 19:51. Source: Cassis tuberosa (king helmet snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2. Author: James St. John.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Gastropoda (snails)
- Littorinimorpha
- Tonnoidea
- Cassidae (helmet shells)
- Cassis
- Cassis tuberosa (Caribbean helmet)
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