Biology:Phalium bandatum

Banded bonnet
	A shell of Phalium bandatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cassidae
Genus:	Phalium
Species:	P. bandatum
Binomial name
	Phalium bandatum; (Perry, 1811)
Synonyms
	Cassis coronulata Sowerby, G.B. I, 1825; Cassis glauca Bruguière, J.G. in Kiener, L.C., 1835; Cassis muricata Menke, K.T., 1829;

Short description: Species of gastropod

Phalium bandatum, common name the banded bonnet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae.^[1]

There is one subspecies: Phalium bandatum exaratum (Reeve, 1848)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 140 mm.

This marine species occurs along the coasts of Japan , the Philippines and Northern Australia.

↑ WoRMS (2010). Phalium bandatum. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217002 on 2011-06-22

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Banded bonnet

A shell of Phalium bandatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cassidae
Genus:	Phalium
Species:	P. bandatum
Binomial name
*Phalium bandatum* (Perry, 1811)
Synonyms
Cassis coronulata Sowerby, G.B. I, 1825 Cassis glauca Bruguière, J.G. in Kiener, L.C., 1835 Cassis muricata Menke, K.T., 1829