Common bonnet [Semicassis granulata]
Description
Common bonnet is a medium-sized marine gastropod mollusk that belongs to the family Cassidae. The shell is thick, rounded and smooth with a short spire, and the body whorl is large and ventricose. The color is white with brown spots. It is commonly found in the Indo-Pacific region, from the Red Sea and East Africa to Hawaii and French Polynesia.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Mollusks
Mollusca
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|---|---|
| Class |
Gastropods
Gastropoda
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| Order |
Tonnoidea
Tonnoidea
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| Family |
Cassids
Cassidae
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| Genus |
Bonnet Shells
Phalium
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