Phalium
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Phalium, common name
Common name
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 the bonnet shells, is a genus
Genus
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 of large sea snail
Sea snail
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s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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 gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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 Cassidae, the helmet shells, bonnet shells and their allies.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species
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 (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Phalium :
  • Phalium areolum
    Phalium areolum
    Phalium areolum is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails....

    (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Phalium bandatum
    Phalium bandatum
    Phalium bandatum, common name : the banded bonnet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae. There is one subspecies : Phalium bandatum exaratum -Description:...

    (Perry, 1811)
  • Phalium bisulcatum
    Phalium bisulcatum
    Phalium bisulcatum, common name : the Japanese bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails....

  • Phalium decipiens Kilburn, 1980
  • Phalium faurotis
    Phalium faurotis
    Phalium faurotis is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails....

  • Phalium fimbriata
    Phalium fimbriata
    Phalium fimbriata is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails....

    (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Phalium flammiferum (Röding, 1798)
  • Phalium glabratum (Dunker, 1852)
  • Phalium glaucum
    Phalium glaucum
    Phalium glaucum, common name the grey bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails....

    (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Phalium labiatum
    Phalium labiatum
    Phalium labiatum, common name the lipped cask shell, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails....

    (Perry, 1811)
  • Phalium torquata
    Phalium torquata
    Phalium torquata is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails....

    Reeve
  • Phalium vibex
    Phalium vibex
    Phalium vibex is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails....

    Reeve

Species brought into synonymy :
  • Phalium andersoni Abbott, 1968 : synonym of Echinophoria hadra (Woodring & Olsson, 1957)
  • Phalium granulatum (Von Born, 1778) : synonym of Semicassis granulata (Born, 1778)
  • Phalium inornatum Pilsbry, 1895 : synonym of Semicassis inornata (Pilsbry, 1895)
  • Phalium kurodai Abbott, 1968 : synonym of Echinophoria wyvillei (Watson, 1886)
  • Phalium saburon (Bruguière, 1792) : synonym of Semicassis saburon
    Semicassis saburon
    Semicassis saburon is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails....

    (Bruguière, 1792)
  • Phalium undulatum (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Semicassis granulata (Born, 1778)
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