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Casmaria
	Dorsal view of two shells of Casmaria ponderosa from the Philippines
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Cassidae
Genus:	Casmaria; H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
	Buccinum vibex; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Cassis (Casmaria); Phalium (Casmaria) Adams, 1853; Semicassis (Casmaria) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank);

Casmaria, is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Phaliinae of the family Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Casmaria include:

Casmaria decipiens Kilburn, R.N., 1980:^[2] synonym of Phalium decipiens Kilburn, 1980
Casmaria erinacea: synonym of Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cascara vibexmexicana (Stearns, 1894) : synonym of Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2015). Cascara H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205551 on 2015-12-29
^ "Casmaria decipiens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 June 2011.

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