Cassis Temporal range:
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A shell of Cassis cornuta | |
Five views of a shell of Cassis cornuta | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
Family: | Cassidae |
Genus: | Cassis Scopoli, 1777 |
Type species | |
Buccinum cornutum | |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Cassis, common name the helmet shells, is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies.[1] This is the type genus of the subfamily Cassinae.