Polynesian bonnetCassididaeRange: Red Sea to Southern Japan, Micronesia, Polynesia, and MelanesiaIndigenous, but rare in the Hawaiian IslandsCollected on OahuThis specimen is 1 7/8 in.; 4.5 cm. and immature. However, they can grow to 4 in.; 10 cm.Dorsal viewwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/8426680173/in/datetaken-...Please note: I do not collect or trade sea shells any longer. For me, the value of the animal is far greater than the shell it possess.
Kingdom=AnimaliaSuperphylum=LophotrochozoaPhylum=MolluscaClass=GastropodaSubclass=CaenogastropodaOrder=LittorinimorphaSuperfamily=TonnoideaFamily=CassidaeSubfamily=CassinaeGenus=PhaliumSpecies=bandatumBinomial name=Phalium bandatum ID by shadowshador(Flickr)Subspecies=bandatumTrinomial name=Phalium bandatum bandatumCommon name=Banded Bonnet snail or Helmet snail
Polynesian bonnetCassididaeRange: Red Sea to Southern Japan, Micronesia, Polynesia, and MelanesiaIndigenous, but rare in the Hawaiian IslandsCollected on OahuThis specimen is 1 7/8 in.; 4.5 cm. and immature. However, they can grow to 4 in.; 10 cm.Ventral viewwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/8426679805/in/datetaken-...Please note: I do not collect or trade sea shells any longer. For me, the value of the animal is far greater than the shell it possess.
Kingdom=AnimaliaSuperphylum=LophotrochozoaPhylum=MolluscaClass=GastropodaSubclass=CaenogastropodaOrder=LittorinimorphaSuperfamily=TonnoideaFamily=CassidaeSubfamily=CassinaeGenus=PhaliumSpecies=bandatumBinomial name=Phalium bandatum ID by shadowshador(Flickr)Subspecies=bandatumTrinomial name=Phalium bandatum bandatumCommon name=Banded Bonnet snail or Helmet snail
Kingdom=AnimaliaSuperphylum=LophotrochozoaPhylum=MolluscaClass=GastropodaSubclass=CaenogastropodaOrder=LittorinimorphaSuperfamily=Tonnoidea left and centerFamily=TonnidaeGenus=TonnaCommon name=Tun snailFar rightFamily=CassidaeSubfamily=CassinaeGenus=PhaliumSpecies=bandatumBinomial name=Phalium bandatum ID by shadowshador(Flickr)Subspecies=bandatumTrinomial name=Phalium bandatum bandatumCommon name=Banded Bonnet snail or Helmet snail