Casmaria ponderosa Heavy Bonnet Snail

Casmaria ponderosa is commonly referred to as Heavy Bonnet Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Casmaria ponderosa

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Scientific:: Casmaria ponderosa
German:: Helmschnecke
English:: Heavy Bonnet Snail

Category:: Slakken

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cassidae (Family) > Casmaria (Genus) > ponderosa (Species)
Initial determination:: (Gmelin, ), 1791

Occurrence:: Africa, Egypt, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Philippines, Red Sea, Tansania
Sea depth:: 18 - 55 Meter
Size:: 1.18" - 3.94" (3cm - 10cm)
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Predatory, Sea urchins, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Casmaria atlantica
Casmaria beui
Casmaria boblehmani
Casmaria cernica
Casmaria erinaceus
Igel-Helmschnecke
Casmaria kalosmodix
Casmaria kayae
Casmaria perryi
Casmaria ponderosa
Helmschnecke
Casmaria turgida
Casmaria unicolor

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2019-07-04 13:59:46
Last edit:: 2019-07-04 14:04:18

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Casmaria ponderosa (Gmelin, 1791)

Predatory snail. Eats sea urchins.

Synonymised names:
Buccinum biarmatum Dillwyn, 1817
Buccinum nodulosum Gmelin, 1791
Buccinum pantherina Dillwyn, 1817
Buccinum ponderosum Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
Casmaria ponderosa ponderosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Casmaria ponderosa var. bicolor Dautzenberg, 1926
Cassis tenuilabris Menke, 1828
Cassis torquata Reeve, 1848
Phalium ponderosa [sic]
Phalium ponderosum (Gmelin, 1791)
Phalium quadratum Link, 1807
Phalium torquatum (Reeve, 1848)

Direct children:
Subspecies Casmaria ponderosa atlantica Clench, 1944 accepted as Casmaria atlantica Clench, 1944
Subspecies Casmaria ponderosa nipponensis Abbott, 1968 accepted as Casmaria cernica (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
Subspecies Casmaria ponderosa perryi (Iredale, 1912) accepted as Casmaria perryi (Iredale, 1912)
Subspecies Casmaria ponderosa ponderosa (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Casmaria ponderosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Subspecies Casmaria ponderosa unicolor (Pallary, 1926) accepted as Casmaria unicolor (Pallary, 1926)
Variety Casmaria ponderosa var. bicolor Dautzenberg, 1926 accepted as Casmaria ponderosa (Gmelin, 1791)

External links

Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 09.08.2020.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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