Semicassis

Semicassis
Temporal range: Eocene - Recent
A live individual of Semicassis undulata from Italy
Five views of a shell of Semicassis bisulcata from the Philippines
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cassidae
Genus: Semicassis
Mörch, 1852 [1]
Type species
Cassis japonica
Reeve, 1848
Synonyms[2]
  • Antephalium Iredale, 1927
  • Cassidea (Semicassis) Mörch, 1852
  • Cassis (Semicassis) Mörch, 1852 (original rank)
  • Faurotis Jousseaume, 1888
  • Maucassis C. A. Fleming, 1943 †
  • Phalium (Kahua) Marwick, 1928 †
  • Phalium (Semicassis) Mörch, 1852
  • Phalium (Xenogalea) Iredale, 1927
  • Semicassis (Antephalium) Iredale, 1927· accepted, alternate representation
  • Semicassis (Kahua) Marwick, 1928 †· accepted, alternate representation
  • Semicassis (Semicassis) Mörch, 1852· accepted, alternate representation
  • Semicassis (Xenophalium) Iredale, 1927
  • Tylocassis Woodring, 1928
  • Xenogalea Iredale, 1927
  • Xenophalium Iredale, 1927
  • Xenophalium (Mauicassis) C. A. Fleming, 1943
  • Xenophalium (Xenogalea) Iredale, 1927

Semicassis is a genus of medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cassinae within the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[2]

  1. ^ Mörch, O.A.L. (1852) Catalogus Conchyliorum quae Reliquit D’Alphonso d’Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Terth Eques. Vol. 1. L. Klein, Hafniae, 74 pp.
  2. ^ a b WoRMS : Semicassis; accessed: 30 July 2020