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Caribbean Helmet Cassis tuberosa

Classification

Cassidae [family]
Cassis [genus] (3)
tuberosa [species]

Classification

Cassidae [family]
Cassis [genus] (3)
tuberosa [species]

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