Phalium flammiferum

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.

Phalium flammiferum
A shell of Phalium flammiferum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cassidae
Genus:	Phalium
Species:	P. flammiferum
Binomial name
Phalium flammiferum (P.F. Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinum rugosum Gmelin, J.F., 1791 Buccinum strigatum Gmelin, J.F., 1791 Cassis rugosa Röding, P.F., 1798 Phalium flammeolum Link, H.F., 1807 Cassis variegata Perry, G., 1811 Cassis zebra Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822 Cassis undata "Martini, F.H.W." Deshayes, G.P., 1844 Phalium kuesteri Bayer, F.M., 1935

Description

Shells of Phalium flammiferum can reach a size of 41–110 millimetres (1.6–4.3 in).^[1][2] 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.^[3]

Distribution and habitat

This species has an Indo-Pacific distribution. It can be found from Japan to Vietnam and in Northern China Seas.^[1][4] It prefers fine sandy substratum at depths of 10 to 50 m.^[3]