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Cassidae
Phalium glaucum
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Shell: medium, ranging from 70-80 mm.
Specimens
Caloundra [Nth Headland], Australia
Size: mm Collected: 1989
found dead in sand, washed up after a storm common in the area, but only dead
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Size: 73.2mm Collected: Unknown
Taken by diver
Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
Size: 70.9mm Collected: 2015
data labile unclear- perhaps brought at local market
Davao, Philippines
Size: 70.9mm Collected: 2015
taken by diver
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Size: 80mm Collected: Unknown
On sand and mud bottom 50-80m depth Trawled by commercial shrimp boats