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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phalium flammiferum, the striped bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.
| Phalium flammiferum | |
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| A shell of Phalium flammiferum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cassidae |
| Genus: | Phalium |
| Species: | P. flammiferum |
| Binomial name | |
| Phalium flammiferum (P.F. Röding, 1798) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Shells of Phalium flammiferum can reach a size of 41–110 millimetres (1.6–4.3 in).[1][2] These moderately large shells are oval or globular, with a pointed spire and a smooth surface covered with longitudinal brown to pale brown stripes. Outer lip is denticulate, with large brown bands. The aperture is dark brown.[3]
This species has an Indo-Pacific distribution. It can be found from Japan to Vietnam and in Northern China Seas.[1][4] It prefers fine sandy substratum at depths of 10 to 50 m.[3]
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