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Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Shell showing posterior end, with spire and protoconch, and right side of the shell.
Shell showing posterior end, with spire and protoconch, and right side of the shell.
Ventral view of a shell of Cypraecassis rufa, anterior end facing downwards
Ventral view of a shell of Cypraecassis rufa, anterior end facing downwards
A shell of Cypraecassis rufa. The anterior end is to the lower left.
A shell of Cypraecassis rufa. The anterior end is to the lower left.
Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
A stamp showing Cypraecassis rufa.
A stamp showing Cypraecassis rufa.
Shell showing posterior end, with spire and protoconch, and right side of the shell.
Ventral view of a shell of Cypraecassis rufa, anterior end facing downwards
A shell of Cypraecassis rufa. The anterior end is to the lower left.
Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
A stamp showing Cypraecassis rufa.
🗒 Synonyms
synonymCassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
🗒 Common Names
Other
  • Bull mouth helmet
  • Cameo shell.
  • Pineapple shell
  • Queen shell
  • Red shell
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Cypraecassis rufa, commonly called the Bull mouth helmet or Queen shell, is a large marine gastropod found in the Indo-pacific oceans.
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Status UNDER_CREATION
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    Diagnostic Keys
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    📚 Natural History
    Size
    Shell size: 65 - 200 mm.
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      Morphology
      A conspicuous, solid, thick, heavy shell, with a narrow aperture. Dorsally reddish with 3 or 4 broad spiral bands bearing rounded nodules. Thick outer lip light orange with strong, lighter teeth, and columella orange with white ridges.
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        Trophic Strategy
        Preys on sea urchins.
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          📚 Habitat and Distribution
          General Habitat
          Marine: shallow, sandy substrates close to coral reefs.
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            📚 Occurrence
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            📚 Demography and Conservation
            Conservation Status
            Not Evaluated by IUCN Redlist.
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              Legislation
              Listed in CITES: No. Listed in Wildlife (Protection) Act: Yes. Schedule: 1 Appendix: Part IV(B) Mollusca
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                📚 Uses and Management
                Uses
                Usually sold as an handicraft article.
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                  📚 Information Listing
                  Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)
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                    Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
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                      References
                      1. 'Protected Species of Mollusca'. Malacology Division, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkatta, West Bengal, India. URL: http://zsi.gov.in/publications/handout/mollusca.pdf.
                      2. 'Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) rufa'. Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods. Accessed on Jan 27, 2013. URL: http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_103.shtml.
                      3. Cypraecassis rufa. (2012, August 31). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:12, January 27, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cypraecassis_rufa&oldid=510069817.
                      4. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217000 on 2013-01-27.
                      5. <i>Cypraecassis rufa</i>. (2012, August 31). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:12, January 27, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cypraecassis_rufa&oldid=510069817.
                      6. Rosenberg, G. (2012). <i>Cypraecassis rufa</i> (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217000 on 2013-01-27.
                      7. <i>Cypraecassis rufa</i>. (2012, August 31). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:12, January 27, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cypraecassis_rufa&oldid=510069817.
                      8. 'Protected Species of Mollusca'. Malacology Division, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkatta, West Bengal, India. URL: http://zsi.gov.in/publications/handout/mollusca.pdf.
                      9. Rosenberg, G. (2012). <i>Cypraecassis rufa</i> (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217000 on 2013-01-27.
                      10. 'Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) rufa'. Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods. Accessed on Jan 27, 2013. URL: http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_103.shtml.
                      11. <i>Cypraecassis rufa</i>. (2012, August 31). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:12, January 27, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cypraecassis_rufa&oldid=510069817.
                      12. 'Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) rufa'. Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods. Accessed on Jan 27, 2013. URL: http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_103.shtml.
                      13. Rosenberg, G. (2012). <i>Cypraecassis rufa</i> (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217000 on 2013-01-27.
                      14. 'Protected Species of Mollusca'. Malacology Division, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkatta, West Bengal, India. URL: http://zsi.gov.in/publications/handout/mollusca.pdf.
                      15. Rosenberg, G. (2012). <i>Cypraecassis rufa</i> (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217000 on 2013-01-27.
                      16. <i>Cypraecassis rufa</i>. (2012, August 31). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:12, January 27, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cypraecassis_rufa&oldid=510069817.
                      17. 'Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) rufa'. Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods. Accessed on Jan 27, 2013. URL: http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_103.shtml.
                      18. 'Protected Species of Mollusca'. Malacology Division, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkatta, West Bengal, India. URL: http://zsi.gov.in/publications/handout/mollusca.pdf.
                      Information Listing > References
                      1. 'Protected Species of Mollusca'. Malacology Division, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkatta, West Bengal, India. URL: http://zsi.gov.in/publications/handout/mollusca.pdf.
                      2. 'Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) rufa'. Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods. Accessed on Jan 27, 2013. URL: http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_103.shtml.
                      3. Cypraecassis rufa. (2012, August 31). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:12, January 27, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cypraecassis_rufa&oldid=510069817.
                      4. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217000 on 2013-01-27.
                      5. <i>Cypraecassis rufa</i>. (2012, August 31). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:12, January 27, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cypraecassis_rufa&oldid=510069817.
                      6. Rosenberg, G. (2012). <i>Cypraecassis rufa</i> (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217000 on 2013-01-27.
                      7. <i>Cypraecassis rufa</i>. (2012, August 31). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:12, January 27, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cypraecassis_rufa&oldid=510069817.
                      8. 'Protected Species of Mollusca'. Malacology Division, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkatta, West Bengal, India. URL: http://zsi.gov.in/publications/handout/mollusca.pdf.
                      9. Rosenberg, G. (2012). <i>Cypraecassis rufa</i> (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217000 on 2013-01-27.
                      10. 'Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) rufa'. Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods. Accessed on Jan 27, 2013. URL: http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_103.shtml.
                      11. <i>Cypraecassis rufa</i>. (2012, August 31). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:12, January 27, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cypraecassis_rufa&oldid=510069817.
                      12. 'Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) rufa'. Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods. Accessed on Jan 27, 2013. URL: http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_103.shtml.
                      13. Rosenberg, G. (2012). <i>Cypraecassis rufa</i> (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217000 on 2013-01-27.
                      14. 'Protected Species of Mollusca'. Malacology Division, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkatta, West Bengal, India. URL: http://zsi.gov.in/publications/handout/mollusca.pdf.
                      15. Rosenberg, G. (2012). <i>Cypraecassis rufa</i> (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217000 on 2013-01-27.
                      16. <i>Cypraecassis rufa</i>. (2012, August 31). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:12, January 27, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cypraecassis_rufa&oldid=510069817.
                      17. 'Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) rufa'. Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods. Accessed on Jan 27, 2013. URL: http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_103.shtml.
                      18. 'Protected Species of Mollusca'. Malacology Division, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkatta, West Bengal, India. URL: http://zsi.gov.in/publications/handout/mollusca.pdf.

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                      📚 Meta data
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                      🐾 Taxonomy
                      RootRoot
                      KingdomAnimalia
                      PhylumMollusca
                      ClassGastropoda
                      OrderLittorinimorpha
                      taxon:hierarchy.superfamilyTonnoidea
                      FamilyCassidae
                      GenusCypraecassis
                      SpeciesCypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus 1758)
                      📊 Temporal Distribution
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