Cassis tuberosa King Helmet

Cassis tuberosa is commonly referred to as King Helmet. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6034 

AphiaID:

224977 

Scientific:

Cassis tuberosa 

German:

Helmschnecke 

English:

King Helmet 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cassidae (Family) > Cassis (Genus) > tuberosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Suriname, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West Africa 

Sea depth:

0 - 27 Meter 

Habitats:

Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

79.16 °F - 82.76 °F (26.2°C - 28.2°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory, Sea urchins 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Cassis abbotti
• 
  Cassis cornuta
  Gehörnte Helmschnecke, Sturmhaube
• Cassis fimbriata
• Cassis flammea
• Cassis kreipli
• Cassis madagascariensis
• Cassis nana
• Cassis norai
• Cassis patamakanthini
• Cassis tessellata
• 
  Cassis tuberosa
  Helmschnecke
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-10 20:14:00 

Last edit:

2024-08-20 20:09:30 

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