Cassis tuberosa
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Cassis tuberosa, the king helmet, is a species of very large sea snail with a solid, heavy shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean in: North Carolina, Florida, Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Bermuda, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, Brazil, and in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean at the Cape Verde Islands. [3][dead link]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 301 mm.[3] The shell of Cassis tuberosa is typically cream colored with dark brown spots. The dorsal surface will have fine growth lines and fine spiral lines to create a "canceled effect".[4]
Habitat
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m.[3] and maximum recorded depth is 27 m.[3] The species resides in shallow coastal waters around sandy beaches, as well as reef environments. It lives in tandem with seagrass beds, macroalgae banks, rhodolith beds and coral rubble.[4]
Human use
The shell of this species has been used for creating cameos.[citation needed]
The attractiveness of the shell is one of the main reasons C. tuberosa is taken for human use. Due to their preference for shallow waters, they are easily accessed by tourists.[5]
References
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- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers"..
- ^ a b Dias et al. (2017). "What do we know about Cassis tuberosa (Mollusca: Cassidae) a heavily exploited marine gastropod?". [1]
- ^ Mota, E. L. S., Alves, R. R. da N. and Dias, T. L. P. (2020) “Fishing, trade, and local ecological knowledge of the marine gastropod, Cassis tuberosa – a target species of the international shell trade”, Ethnobiology and Conservation, 9. Available at: [2]
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