Casmaria ponderosa

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]

Casmaria ponderosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Cassidae
Genus:
Casmaria
Species:
C. ponderosa
Binomial name
Casmaria ponderosa
(Link, 1807)
Subspecies

Casmaria ponderosa perryi

Synonyms
  • Buccinum biarmatum Dillwyn, L.W., 1817
  • Buccinum pantherina "Solander, D.C." Dillwyn, L.W., 1817
  • Cassis tenuilabris Menke, K.T., 1828
  • Cassis torquata Reeve, L.A., 1848
  • Phalium biarnatum Dillwyn, L.W., 1817

Subspecies

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin, and in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii.

References
  1. 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 .
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • "Casmaria ponderosa ponderosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 June 2011.


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