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Cassis Scopoli, 1771 
AphiaID: 206265

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Tonnoidea (Superfamily) > Cassidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Cassidae Latreille, 1825
Synonymised
taxa
  Cassidea Bruguière, 1789
Source Not documented
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Cassis abbotti Bouchet, 1988
Species Cassis cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cassis fimbriata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Species Cassis flammea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cassis kreipli Morrison, 2003
Species Cassis madagascariensis Lamarck, 1822
Species Cassis nana Tenison-Woods, 1879
Species Cassis norai Prati Musetti, 1995
Species Cassis patamakanthini Parth, 2000
Species Cassis tessellata Gmelin, 1791
Species Cassis tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Species Cassis achatina Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Semicassis labiata (Perry, 1811)
Species Cassis areola (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Phalium areola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cassis bituberculosa Martens, 1901 accepted as Echinophoria bituberculosa (Martens, 1901)
Species Cassis callosa Röding, 1798 accepted as Nassarius gibbosulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cassis centiquadrata (Valenciennes, 1832) accepted as Semicassis centiquadrata (Valenciennes, 1832)
Species Cassis cernica Sowerby III, 1888 accepted as Casmaria ponderosa ponderosa (Link, 1807)
Species Cassis coarctata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 accepted as Cypraecassis coarctata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Species Cassis coronadoi Crosse, 1867 accepted as Echinophoria coronadoi (Crosse, 1867)
Species Cassis dalli Anderson, 1929 accepted as Echinophoria hadra (Woodring & Olsson, 1957)
Species Cassis glans Röding, 1798 accepted as Demoulia abbreviata (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Cassis glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Phalium glaucum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cassis globulus Menke, 1829 accepted as Demoulia ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Cassis gracilenta Yokoyama, 1928 † accepted as Cyllene gracilenta (Yokoyama, 1928) †
Species Cassis japonica Reeve, 1848 accepted as Semicassis bisulcata (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
Species Cassis labrosa Martini, 1773 accepted as Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cassis pullus Röding, 1798 accepted as Nassarius pullus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cassis ringens Swainson, 1822 accepted as Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822)
Species Cassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cassis spinosa (Gronovius, 1781) accepted as Cassis tessellata Gmelin, 1791
Species Cassis tenuis Wood, 1828 accepted as Cypraecassis tenuis (Wood, 1828)
Species Cassis vibex (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cassis wyvillei Watson, 1886 accepted as Echinophoria wyvillei (Watson, 1886)
Distribution Seychelles [details]
Link To ITIS
Note  Nomenclature: Grammatical gender feminine, following Latin noun cassis, meaning "helmet". [details]
Image 
Bucquoy et al. (1882-1886, pl. 07)
Bucquoy et al. (1882-1886, pl. 07)
added on 2008-08-08 - author: Anoniem in Bucquoy et al. (1882-1886)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206265
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-06-07 07:51:36Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-01-05 09:58:19Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-03-20 08:13:00Z  changed  Wambiji, Nina
2010-12-11 11:53:02Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Cassis Scopoli, 1771. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206265 on 2013-05-24
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