Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Cypraecassis rufa" in English language version.
Habitat varior in mari americano et indico, testa fusca rufescente alboque varia , apertura coccinea : dentibus longis albis : sulcis intermediis nigris. (Habitat varies in the American and Indian seas, shell dark reddish and white, aperture scarlet: with long white teeth: black intervening furrows.)
C . rufa is a shallow water species living from the intertidal area to a depth of alrout 6 feet below low tide mark. It generally lives in fairly sheltered areas where the bottom is of coarse coral sand and algae near coral reef areas. Description —Adult shell 64 to 185 mm. (2 1/2 to 7 1/2 inches) in length, ovate, solid, usually heavy, with .3 or 4 rows of rounded knobs on the dorsum, and with a glossy, orange and brownish red parietal area.
Members of the order Neotaenioglossa are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.
Shell size 65 - 200 mm
