| Banded bonnet | |
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| A shell of Phalium bandatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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) | |
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Phalium bandatum, common name the banded bonnet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae.
There is one subspecies: Phalium bandatum exaratum (Reeve, 1848)
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 140 mm.
 | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (June 2011) |
Distribution
This marine species occurs along the coasts of Japan, the Philippines and Northern Australia.
References
- 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
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Phalium bandatum | |
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