Cassis Madagascariensis (Lamarck) Small 238×320 Medium 477×640 Large 763×1024 Download Tiff Original 1788×2400 | (1.2 MB) 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)