The Cassidae Family includes 102 species comprising 2 subfamilies (Cassinae (8 genus), Phaliinae (5))
and 13 genus (Semicassis (32 species), Casmaria (12), Cassis (11), Phalium (10), Galeodea (10), Echinophoria (8), ...)
Phylum :MolluscaClass :⤷GastropodaSubclass :⤷CaenogastropodaOrder :⤷LittorinimorphaSuperfamily :⤷TonnoideaFamily :⤷Cassidae
Common name : helmet shell
Aspect : Shell with a rather short spire. The main whorl is voluminous and often decorated with knobs and varices. Thick parietal margin with a large callosity. Teeth commonly present on the inner margin of the lip and collumellar folds. Thick outer lip curved backward, resembling the rim of a helmet. Short, oblique siphonal canal oriented backward. Operculum
Feeding : sea urchins
Environment : Indo-Pacific, Caribbean, and Mediterranean in sandy or sandy–muddy bottoms between the intertidal zone and about 50 meters deep
Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Phaliinae)
Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Phaliinae)
Casmaria ponderosa (Gmelin, 1791) ( Phaliinae)
Cassis cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Cassinae)
Cassis tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Cassinae)
Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Cassinae)
Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Cassinae)
Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Cassinae)
Galeodea rugosa (Linnaeus, 1771) ( Cassinae)
Phalium areola (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Phaliinae)
Phalium bandatum (Perry, 1811) ( Phaliinae)
Phalium evdoxiae H. Morrison, 2016 ( Phaliinae)
Phalium flammiferum (Röding, 1798) ( Phaliinae)
Phalium glaucum (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Phaliinae)
Semicassis bisulcata (Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829) ( Phaliinae)
Semicassis undulata (Gmelin, 1791) ( Phaliinae)
Total collection for Cassidae : 15 species (48 shells in total)
