Casmaria
Encyclopedia
Casmaria, common name
the helmet shells, is a genus
of large sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies.
Common name
A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...
the helmet shells, is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of large sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus Casmaria include:- Casmaria atlanticaCasmaria atlanticaCasmaria atlantica is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails....
Clench, 1944 - Casmaria decipiens Kilburn, R.N., 1980
- Casmaria erinaceusCasmaria erinaceusCasmaria erinaceus, common name : the common bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 79 mm....
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Casmaria ponderosaCasmaria ponderosaCasmaria 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.Subspecies :* Casmaria ponderosa perryi...
(Link, 1807)