Shell - Horned helmet

This is one of the natural history specimens in our collection.

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Cassis cornuta, common name the horned helmet, is a species of extremely large sea snail. It has a very solid, heavy, rotund shell with large, horn-like knobs and a wide, flat base
Accession number
2171/3

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