WoRMS taxon details
Cassinae Latreille, 1825
224971 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224971)
accepted
Subfamily
Oocorythinae P. Fischer, 1885 · unaccepted
- Genus Cassis Scopoli, 1777
- Genus Cypraecassis Stutchbury, 1837
- Genus Dalium Dall, 1889
- Genus Eucorys Beu, 2008
- Genus Galeodea Link, 1807
- Genus Haydenia Gabb, 1864 †
- Genus Microsconsia Beu, 2008
- Genus Oocorys P. Fischer, 1884
- Genus Sconsia J. E. Gray, 1847
- Genus Benthodolium A. E. Verrill, 1884 accepted as Oocorys P. Fischer, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Casis [sic] accepted as Cassis Scopoli, 1777 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Cassidaria Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Galeodea Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Cassidea Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Cassis Scopoli, 1777 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Cassisoma Rovereto, 1899 † accepted as Cassis Scopoli, 1777 (unnecessary replacement name)
- Genus Cypraeicassis Cossmann, 1903 accepted as Cypraecassis Stutchbury, 1837 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
- Genus Echinora Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Galeodea Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Galeodia [sic] accepted as Galeodea Link, 1807 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Galeodosconsia Sacco, 1890 † accepted as Sconsia J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Galeoocorys Kuroda & T. Habe, 1957 accepted as Galeodea Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Goniogalea Mörch, 1857 accepted as Cassis Scopoli, 1777 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Hadroocorys Quinn, 1980 accepted as Oocorys P. Fischer, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Hypocassis Iredale, 1927 accepted as Cassis (Hypocassis) Iredale, 1927 represented as Cassis Scopoli, 1777 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Levenia J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Cypraecassis Stutchbury, 1837 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Morio Montfort, 1810 accepted as Galeodea Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Nannocassis Iredale, 1927 accepted as Cassis Scopoli, 1777 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Taieria Finlay & Marwick, 1937 † accepted as Galeodea Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cassidae Latreille, 1825) Latreille, P. A. (1825). <i>Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres</i>. Paris: J. B. Baillière. 570 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094
page(s): 194; note: original spelling Cassidites [Latin]. [details]
page(s): 194; note: original spelling Cassidites [Latin]. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cassinae Latreille, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224971 on 2026-06-05
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(of Cassidae Latreille, 1825) Latreille, P. A. (1825). <i>Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres</i>. Paris: J. B. Baillière. 570 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094
page(s): 194; note: original spelling Cassidites [Latin]. [details]
basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 194; note: original spelling Cassidites [Latin]. [details]
basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Strong E.E., Puillandre N., Beu A.G., Castelin M. & Bouchet P. (2019). Frogs and tuns and tritons – A molecular phylogeny and revised family classification of the predatory gastropod superfamily Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 130: 18-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.016 [details] Available for editors [request]
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