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Horned Helmet

Cassis cornuta

Description:

Juvenile Cassis cornuta mollusk, with yellow animal and yellow shell ~ 14 cm long and ~ 9 cm high with brown markings.

Habitat:

Near shore tropical waters; coral reef ecosystem.

Notes:

Spotted off of Leeward Oahu in sand. Original media photoprints taken with Nikonos III using close-up kit and flash; prints later scanned and images saved as digital files.

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1 Comment

Blogie
Blogie 11 years ago

Hi Allen! I hope you'll include this spotting (and other mollusk spottings) to the Mollusca mission. Here's the link:

www.projectnoah.org/missions/12147638

Allen Hoof
Spotted by
Allen Hoof

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Spotted on Sep 18, 1983
Submitted on Dec 8, 2011

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