Names
English name | Caribbean Helmet |
Alternative English name | Helmet Conch (locally on Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten) |
Alternative English name | Queen Conch (old name used by Rijgersma (1875) on Sint Maarten) |
Papiamento name | Carcó indján (possibly misapplied to this species) |
Valid name | Cassis tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Classification
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Animalia [kingdom]
Animals
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Mollusca [phylum]
Molluscs
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Gastropoda [class]
Snails and slugs
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Caenogastropoda [subclass]
Caenogastropods
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Littorinimorpha [order]
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Tonnoidea [superfamily]
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Cassidae [family]
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Cassis Scopoli, 1771 [genus]
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Cassis tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1758) [species]
Caribbean Helmet
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Cassis tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1758) [species]
Caribbean Helmet
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Cassis Scopoli, 1771 [genus]
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Cassidae [family]
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Tonnoidea [superfamily]
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Littorinimorpha [order]
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Caenogastropoda [subclass]
Caenogastropods
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Gastropoda [class]
Snails and slugs
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Mollusca [phylum]
Molluscs