Casmaria perryi

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Casmaria perryi
Casmaria perryi (Iredale, 1912) MA28100 3of4.jpg
Casmaria perryi(Iredale, 1912) specimen held at Auckland Museum licensed under CC BY 4.0
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cassidae
Genus: Casmaria
Species:
C. perryi
Binomial name
Casmaria perryi
(Iredale, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Casmaria ponderosa perryi(Iredale, 1912)
  • Cassidea perryi Iredale, 1912

Casmaria perryi is a species of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cassinae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails. [1]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 53 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand, [2] southeastern Australia and Easter Island.

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2015). Casmaria perryi (Iredale, 1912). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724086 on 2015-12-30
  2. Powell A. W. B. (1979). William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland ISBN   0-00-216906-1.