Casmaria erinaceus

Casmaria erinaceus
Five views of a shell of Casimaria erinanceus
Five views of a shell of Casimaria erinanceus form vibex
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cassidae
Genus:	Casmaria
Species:	C. erinaceus
Binomial name
Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinum erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) Buccinum meles Dillwyn, 1817 Buccinum vibex Linnaeus, 1758 Casmaria erinacea (misspelling) Casmaria erinaceus erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) Casmaria vibexmexicana (Stearns, 1894) Cassis (Casmaria) vibexmexicana Stearns, 1894 Cassis denticulata Röding, P.F., 1798 Cassis ventricosa Rigacci, 1866 Cassis vibex (Linnaeus, 1758) Cassis vibexmexicana Stearns, 1894 Murex torosus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816 Phalium edentulum Link, H.F., 1807 Phalium vibex (Linnaeus, 1758)

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.[1]

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, Micronesia and the Philippines.

References

1. Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2009). Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211107 on 22 June 2011 .

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• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
• Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
• Buijse J.A., Dekker H. & Verbinnen G. (2013) On the identity of Casmaria species (Gastropoda, Cassidae), with descriptions of two new species. Acta Conchyliorum 14: 3-93.
• Verbinnen G., Segers L., Swinnen F., Kreipl K. & Monsecour D. (2016). Cassidae. An amazing family of seashells. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 251 pp

External links

• "Casmaria erinacea erinacea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata
• Röding, P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
• Link, D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben