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Cassis

Cassis (French pronunciation: ; Occitan: Cassís) is a commune situated east of Marseille in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

fimbriate helmet snail

speciesCassis fimbriata

King Helmet Snail

speciesCassis tuberosa

Horned Helmet Snail

speciesCassis cornuta

Emperor Helmet Snail

speciesCassis madagascariensis

Flame Helmet Snail

speciesCassis flammea

West African helmet snail

speciesCassis tessellata

dwarf helmet snail

speciesCassis nana

Cassis patamakanthini

speciesCassis patamakanthini

Cassis norai

speciesCassis norai

Cassis kreipli

speciesCassis kreipli

Cassis abbotti

speciesCassis abbotti

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Georg Eberhard Rumphius — D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer (1705)

Georg Eberhard Rumphius · 1705 · p.205

Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch · 1770 · p.73

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 128131.