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Reticulate Cowry Helmet

Cypraecassis testiculus

Classification

Family
Cassidae

Cypraecassis testiculus, common name the reticulated cowry helmet, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails. There is one subspecies : Cypraecassis testiculus senegalica (Gmelin, 1791) Distribution This species can be 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. Description The maximum recorded shell length is 85 mm.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 30Netherlands · 27France · 16Cuba · 12Mexico · 12United Kingdom · 12Brazil · 11