Cassis Madagascariensis (Lamarck) Small 235×320 Medium 469×640 Large 751×1024 Download Tiff Original 1760×2400 | (960.0 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)