Cassis (gastropod)
| Cassis Temporal range: Paleocene - Recent | |
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| A shell of Cassis cornuta | |
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| Five views of a shell of Cassis cornuta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Cassidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassinae |
| Genus: | Cassis Scopoli, 1777 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cassidea Bruguière, 1789 | |
Cassis, common name the helmet shells, is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies.[1] This is the type genus of the subfamily Cassinae.
Species
The genus Cassis includes 11 extant species and about 20 extinct species:[1][2]
- Cassis abbotti Bouchet, 1988
- Cassis altispira Beu 2010†
- Cassis birmanica Vredenburg 1921†
- Cassis cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cassis costulifera Beu 2010†
- Cassis delta Parker 1948†
- Cassis depressior Martin 1879†
- Cassis fimbriata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
- Cassis flammea Linnaeus, 1758
- Cassis flintensis Mansfield 1940†
- Cassis floridensis Tucker and Wilson 1932†
- Cassis glaucoides Martin 1879†
- Cassis herklotsi Martin 1879†
- Cassis ketteri Parodiz and Tripp 1992†
- Cassis kreipli Morrison, 2003
- Cassis maccormacki Olsson 1928†
- Cassis madagascariensis Lamarck, 1822
- Cassis mammillaris Grateloup 1927†
- Cassis nana Tenison-Woods, 1879
- Cassis norai Prati Musetti, 1995
- Cassis nummulitiphila Sacco 1890
- Cassis patamakanthini Parth, 2000
- Cassis retusa Michelotti 1861
- Cassis subtuberosa Hanna 1926
- Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
- Cassis tessellata Gmelin, 1791
- Cassis togata White 1887
- Cassis tuberosa Linnaeus, 1758
- Cassis vialensis Fuchs 1870
Fossils of the sea snails within this genus have been found all over the world in sediments from Paleocene to Recent (age range: 66 to 0 million years ago).[2]
Fossil shell of Cassis mammillaris
Species brought into synonymy:[1]
- Cassis achatina Lamarck, 1816: synonym of Semicassis labiata (Perry, 1811)
- Cassis areola (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Phalium areola (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cassis bituberculosa Martens, 1901: synonym of Echinophoria bituberculosa (Martens, 1901)
- Cassis callosa Röding, 1798: synonym of Nassarius gibbulosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cassis centiquadrata (Valenciennes, 1832): synonym of Semicassis centiquadrata (Valenciennes, 1832)
- Cassis cernica Sowerby III, 1888: synonym of Casmaria ponderosa ponderosa (Link, 1807)
- Cassis coarctata G.B. Sowerby I, 1825: synonym of Cypraecassis coarctata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Cassis coronadoi Crosse, 1867: synonym of Echinophoria coronadoi (Crosse, 1867)
- Cassis dalli Anderson, 1929: synonym of Echinophoria hadra (Woodring & Olsson, 1957)
- Cassis glans Röding, 1798: synonym of Demoulia abbreviata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Cassis glauca (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Phalium glaucum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cassis globulus Menke, 1829: synonym of Demoulia ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)
- Cassis gracilenta Yokoyama, 1928: synonym of Cyllene gracilenta (Yokoyama, 1928)
- Cassis japonica Reeve, 1848: synonym of Semicassis bisulcata (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
- Cassis labrosa Martini, 1773: synonym of Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cassis ringens Swainson, 1822: synonym of Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822)
- Cassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cassis spinosa (Gronovius, 1781): synonym of Cassis tessellata Gmelin, 1791
- Cassis tenuis Wood, 1828: synonym of Cypraecassis tenuis (Wood, 1828)
- Cassis vibex (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cassis wyvillei Watson, 1886: synonym of Echinophoria wyvillei (Watson, 1886)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Bouchet, P. (2014). "Cassis Scopoli, 1771". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- 1 2 Fossilworks
External links
- (English) "Cassis Scopoli, 1777". biolib.cz.
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