Seashell specimen: Striped Bonnet Snail - Phalium flammiferum

  (2 pieces lot)
 

Size of the Seashells are 45x30x22 mm (1.8x1.2x0.9 inch) to 53x30x27 mm (2.1x1.2x1.1 inch).

Weight of the Seashell: about 10 gram

It is an ideal learning aid for students and kids and also a very good collectible item for every body.

The pictures in the listing are just for reference as we are selling multiple pieces with the same pictures.

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Striped Bonnet - Phalium flammiferum

Order: Littorinimorpha  Family: Cassidae  Genus: Phalium

Phalium flammiferum, the striped bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.

Shells of Phalium flammiferum can reach a size of 41–110 millimetres (1.6–4.3 in). These moderately large shells are oval or globular, with a pointed spire and a smooth surface covered with longitudinal brown to pale brown stripes. Outer lip is denticulate, with large brown bands. The aperture is dark brown.

This species has an Indo-Pacific distribution. It can be found from Japan to Vietnam and in Northern China Seas. It prefers fine sandy substratum at depths of 10 to 50 m.

Shell size 41 - 110 mm Japan - Vietnam