Casmaria perryi
Species of gastropod
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Casmaria perryi is a species of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cassinae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[1]
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| Casmaria perryi (Iredale, 1912)specimen held at Auckland Museum licensed under CC BY 4.0 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cassidae |
| Genus: | Casmaria |
| Species: | C. perryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Casmaria perryi (Iredale, 1912) | |
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Description
- Shell size: Adults range from ~30 mm to ~53 mm in length.
- Shell shape: It has a smooth, polished shell. Subspecies descriptions note a narrowly ovate form for some variants.
- Color: The shell coloration tends to be fawn or pale orange-brown, sometimes with reddish-brown spiral bands or maculations.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand,[3] southeastern Australia and Easter Island.
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