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Flame Helmet Snail
Cassis flammea
Cassis flammea is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.
From the article Cassis flammea on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
It has a shell with shades of reddish-brown with wavy stripes. There are dark stripes on the outer lip of the shell. The lip around the aperture forms a triangle shape. The shell may reach a maximum of 7 inches in length. The shell may be covered by algae or other sessile marine organisms. The maximum recorded shell length is 154 mm.
Range & habitat
Cassis flammea is found in Florida, the Caribbean, and Bahamas. Its abundance has decreased due to overcollection in some areas.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
These sea snails feed on sea urchins, which they typically hunt at night.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Feeding habits”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 253535.