Phalium flammiferum | |
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A shell of Phalium flammiferum | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cassidae |
Genus: | Phalium |
Species: | P. flammiferum
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Binomial name | |
Phalium flammiferum (P.F. Röding, 1798)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Phalium flammiferum, the striped bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.
Shells of Phalium flammiferum can reach a size of 41–110 millimetres (1.6–4.3 in). [1] [2] These moderately large shells are oval or globular, with a pointed spire and a smooth surface covered with longitudinal brown to pale brown stripes. Outer lip is denticulate, with large brown bands. The aperture is dark brown. [3]
This species has an Indo-Pacific distribution. It can be found from Japan to Vietnam and in Northern China Seas. [1] [4] It prefers fine sandy substratum at depths of 10 to 50 m. [3]
Phalium flammiferum | |
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A shell of Phalium flammiferum | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cassidae |
Genus: | Phalium |
Species: | P. flammiferum
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Binomial name | |
Phalium flammiferum (P.F. Röding, 1798)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Phalium flammiferum, the striped bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.
Shells of Phalium flammiferum can reach a size of 41–110 millimetres (1.6–4.3 in). [1] [2] These moderately large shells are oval or globular, with a pointed spire and a smooth surface covered with longitudinal brown to pale brown stripes. Outer lip is denticulate, with large brown bands. The aperture is dark brown. [3]
This species has an Indo-Pacific distribution. It can be found from Japan to Vietnam and in Northern China Seas. [1] [4] It prefers fine sandy substratum at depths of 10 to 50 m. [3]