Cassis Glauca (Linnaeus) Small 217×320 Medium 434×640 Large 694×1024 Download Tiff Original 1627×2400 | (790.3 KB) Description "In the genus Cassis the shell is oval, convex, and the spire is not of considerable height. These animals keep near the shore, in shallow water." Keywords cephalous mollusca, Mollis, mollusks, snail sea shell Galleries Snails and Slugs Source: Hazlitt Alva Cuppy PH.D., Editor Beauties and Wonders of Land and Sea (Springfield, OH: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1895)