Phalium

Phalium
Shell of Phalium flammiferum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cassidae
Genus: Phalium
Link, 1807
Type species
Buccinum glaucum Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Bezoardica Schumacher, 1817 (junior objective synonym of Phalium)
  • Bezoardicella Habe, 1961
  • Cassis (Bezoardica) Schumacher, 1817
  • Phalium (Phalium) Link, 1807

Phalium, common name the bonnet shells, is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Phaliinae of the family Cassidae, the helmet shells, bonnet shells and their allies.[1]

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Phalium Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137749 on 2022-01-02

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