Banded Bonnet Snail
Phalium bandatum
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, March, and July
- How commonRare
About this species
Phalium bandatum, common name the banded bonnet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Phalium bandatum”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 6 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 8 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Banded Bonnet Snail
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- タイコガイ
- Korean
- 쇄뿔계란고둥
- Simplified Chinese
- 金帶鬘螺
Other scientific names: Cassidea bandata, Cassis coronulata, Cassis muricata, Phalium pseudobandatum
Similar species
- Checkered bonnet
Phalium areola
- Grey bonnet
Phalium glaucum
Atlantic casmariaCasmaria ponderosa
Giant helmetCassis cornuta
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 262 open-data records from 1903 to 2016.
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