Semicassis pyrum
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
creator: Marshall, Bruce
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Semicassis pyrum (Lamarck, 1822)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Semicassis pyrum (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591450 on 2026-08-01
created: 2011-12-23T02:34:59Z
modified: 2023-09-16T22:05:43Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Semicassis pyrum (Lamarck, 1822)
class: Gastropoda
family: Cassidae
genus: Semicassis
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author.
name published in: Iredale, T. (1927). A review of Australian helmet shells (family Cassididae — phylum Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum. 15(5): 321-354, pls 31-32.
name published in: Powell, A. W. B. (1928). The recent and Tertiary cassids of New Zealand and a study in hybridisation. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 59: 629-642.
name published in: Brazier, J. (1872). Description of three new species of marine shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1872: 616-617.
name published in: Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum. Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington. xvi + 48 pp.
name published in: Cotton, B. C. (1954). Family Cassididae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section No. 4 [4 pages].
name published in: Petterd, W. F. (1886). New species of Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania for 1885. 320-321.
name published in: Hedley, C. (1914). Mollusca. in: Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried out by the F.I.S. "Endeavour" 1909-14 (H. C. Dannevig, Commonwealth Director of Fisheries), volume II, part 2: 63-74, pls 8-12.
name published in: Finlay H.J. (1924). Some necessary changes in the names of New Zealand Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 16: 99-107.
name published in: Finlay, H. J. (1928). The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 59: 232-286.
name published in: Cotton, B. C. (1945). Southern Australian Gastropoda. Part I. Streptoneura. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 69(1): 150-171.
name published in: Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum Bulletin. 18: 1-235.
name published in: Iredale, T. (1929). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 17(4): 157-189 [4 September 1929].
name published in: Powell, A. W. B. (1952). New Zealand molluscan systematics, with descriptions of new species. Part 1. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 4: 169-185.
name published in year: 1822
name published in year: 1927
name published in year: 1928
name published in year: 1872
name published in year: 1873
name published in year: 1954
name published in year: 1886
name published in year: 1914
name published in year: 1924
name published in year: 1945
name published in year: 1956
name published in year: 1929
name published in year: 1952
order: Littorinimorpha
parent name usage ID: 415969
phylum: Mollusca