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Phalium bandatum

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Banded bonnet
A shell of Phalium bandatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cassidae
Genus: Phalium
Species:
P. bandatum
Binomial name
Phalium bandatum
(Perry, 1811)
Synonyms
  • Cassis coronulata Sowerby, G.B. I, 1825
  • Cassis glauca Bruguière, J.G. in Kiener, L.C., 1835
  • Cassis muricata Menke, K.T., 1829

Phalium bandatum, common name the banded bonnet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae.[1]

There is one subspecies: Phalium bandatum exaratum (Reeve, 1848)

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 140 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs along the coasts of Japan, the Philippines and Northern Australia.

References

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  1. ^ WoRMS (2010). Phalium bandatum. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217002 on 2011-06-22
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