Reticulate Cowrie Helmet
Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family Cassidae
I've found three complete versions of the Reticulate Cowrie-helmet. It resembles the Helmet snails and Bonnet snails.
Reticulate Cowrie Helmet found in my collection on S. Hutchinson Island 2020
Reticulate Cowrie Helmet (Cypraecassis testiculusis) is a Gastropoda from the Family Cassidae (Linnaeus, 1758). It is a species of large sea snail found on rocky shores in the Atlantic Ocean (Angola, North Carolina to Northeast Brazil), the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles. The maximum recorded shell length is 85 mm.
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Habitat
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 60 m.[2]
Freshly-dead 'crabbed' shells have been trapped at 150–180 metres depth
off West coast Barbados in the Lesser Antilles.
References
Cypraecassis testiculus Linnaeus. WoRMS (2009). Cypraecassis testiculus Linnaeus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224277 on 5 April 2011 .
Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
External links
"Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) testiculus testiculus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
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Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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AphiaID
224277 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224277)
Classification
Biota Animalia (Kingdom) Mollusca (Phylum) Gastropoda (Class) Caenogastropoda (Subclass) Littorinimorpha (Order) Tonnoidea (Superfamily) Cassidae (Family) Cassinae (Subfamily) Cypraecassis (Genus) Cypraecassis testiculus (Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Cypraecassis Stutchbury, 1837
Orig. name
Buccinum testiculus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised names
Buccinum plicatum Gmelin, 1791
Buccinum senegalicum Gmelin, 1791
Buccinum testiculus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Cassidea crumena Bruguière, 1789
Cassis bicincta Bayer, 1935
Cassis mitellapolonica Röding, 1798
Cassis pileolus Röding, 1798
Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)· accepted, alternate representation
Cypraecassis mamillata Salmon, 1948
Cypraecassis minima Bernard, 1984
Cypraecassis neglecta Verrill, 1949
Cypraecassis testiculus senegalica (Gmelin, 1791)
Direct children (1)
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Subspecies Cypraecassis testiculus senegalica (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment
marine
Original description
(of Buccinum testiculus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors PDF available [request]
Taxonomic citation
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224277 on 2021-01-01
original description (of Buccinum testiculus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors PDF available [request]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/33-Rosenberg%20et%20al%202009-Gastropoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]