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Today we have this fella:

20250921_170133_462A2557-13F5-480C-8DAD-EEB9C41C38C1.png

Looks to be from the Cassidae family. I was thinking Cassis Tuberosa? Though it could be a juvenile Cassis Cornuta. I’m not 100% sure. This was the only picture I was able to get at the LFS and the employees didn’t know anything about snails. Hoping one of you guys could help!
 
Today we have this fella:

20250921_170133_462A2557-13F5-480C-8DAD-EEB9C41C38C1.png

Looks to be from the Cassidae family. I was thinking Cassis Tuberosa? Though it could be a juvenile Cassis Cornuta. I’m not 100% sure. This was the only picture I was able to get at the LFS and the employees didn’t know anything about snails. Hoping one of you guys could help!
Hmm, not a family I see often, so not one I'm great at ID'ing, but C. tuberosa has a back corner of the shell that projects out and C. cornuta does not. You could use the presence or absence of the projection to tell which species here.

For examples to compare with:
Cornuta:
https://conchology.be/?t=263&family...lspecies=Cassis (Cassis) cornuta&shellID=804Tuberosa:
https://conchology.be/?t=263&family...lspecies=Cassis (Cassis) tuberosa&shellID=20
 

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