Cypraecassis testiculus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cassidae |
| Genus: | Cypraecassis |
| Species: | C. testiculus
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Cypraecassis testiculus, common name the reticulated cowry helmet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[1]
There is one subspecies : Cypraecassis testiculus senegalica (Gmelin, 1791)
Distribution
[edit]This species can be found on rocky shores in the Atlantic Ocean (Angola, North Carolina to Northeast Brazil), the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 85 mm.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 60 m.[2]
Freshly-dead 'crabbed' shells have been trapped at 150–180 metres depth
off West coast Barbados in the Lesser Antilles.
References
[edit]- ^ Cypraecassis testiculus Linnaeus. WoRMS (2009). Cypraecassis testiculus Linnaeus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224277 on 5 April 2011 .
- ^ a b Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
External links
[edit]- "Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) testiculus testiculus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
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