Casmaria ponderosa
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Casmaria ponderosa (Link, 1807)
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Casmaria ponderosa, common name the heavy bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[1]
Subspecies[edit]
- Casmaria ponderosa perryi (Iredale, T., 1912): synonym of Casmaria perryi (Iredale, 1912)
- Casmaria ponderosa unicolor (Dautzenberg, Ph., 1926): synonym of Casmaria unicolor (Pallary, 1926)
Description[edit]
The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 100 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin, and in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii.
References[edit]
- ^ Casmaria ponderosa (Link, 1807). WoRMS (2009). Casmaria ponderosa (Link, 1807). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211108 on 22 June 2011 .
- Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
- 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.
- 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
- 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[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Casmaria ponderosa.
- "Casmaria ponderosa ponderosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
- Link, D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben.
- Reeve, L. A. (1848). Monograph of the genus Cassis. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 5, pls 1-12 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
- Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp.