Cassis (gastropod)
Genus of gastropods
Cassis
A shell of Cassis cornuta
Five views of a shell of Cassis cornuta
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Cassidae
Genus:
Cassis Scopoli , 1777
Type species
Buccinum cornutum
Species
See text
Synonyms [ 1]
Cassidea Bruguière, 1789 Cassis (Cassis) Scopoli, 1777· accepted, alternate representationCassis (Hypocassis) Iredale, 1927 · accepted, alternate representationCassis (Morionella) Dall, 1909 †· accepted, alternate representationGoniogalea Mörch, 1857 Hypocassis Iredale, 1927 Nannocassis Iredale, 1927
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] Cassinae .
Species
The genus Cassis includes extant and extinct species:[ 1] [ 2]
Cassis abbotti Bouchet, 1988 † Cassis altispira Beu 2010
† Cassis birmanica Vredenburg 1921
† Cassis brasili (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1905)
† Cassis calusa Petuch and Berschauer 2018
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 lelongi Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2017
† Cassis maccormacki Olsson 1928
Cassis madagascariensis Lamarck, 1822 † Cassis mammillaris Grateloup 1927
Cassis nana Tenison-Woods, 1879 † Cassis nigellensis Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2017
Cassis norai Prati Musetti, 1995 Cassis nummulitiphila Sacco 1890 † Cassis parfouruorum Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2017
Cassis patamakanthini Parth, 2000 † Cassis powelli Petuch and Berschauer, 2018
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 Cassis areola (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Phalium areola Cassis bituberculosa Martens, 1901: synonym of Echinophoria bituberculosa Cassis callosa Röding, 1798: synonym of Nassarius gibbulosus Cassis centiquadrata ( Valenciennes, 1832): synonym of Semicassis centiquadrata Cassis cernica Sowerby III, 1888: synonym of Casmaria ponderosa ponderosa (Link, 1807)Cassis coarctata G.B. Sowerby I, 1825: synonym of Cypraecassis coarctata Cassis coronadoi Crosse, 1867: synonym of Echinophoria coronadoi Cassis dalli Anderson, 1929: synonym of Echinophoria hadra Cassis glans Röding, 1798: synonym of Demoulia abbreviata Cassis glauca (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Phalium glaucum Cassis globulus Menke, 1829: synonym of Demoulia ventricosa Cassis gracilenta Yokoyama, 1928: synonym of Cyllene gracilenta Cassis japonica Reeve, 1848: synonym of Semicassis bisulcata Cassis labrosa Martini, 1773: synonym of Malea pomum Cassis ringens Swainson, 1822: synonym of Malea ringens Cassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Cypraecassis rufa Cassis spinosa (Gronovius, 1781): synonym of Cassis tessellata Cassis tenuis Wood, 1828: synonym of Cypraecassis tenuis Cassis vibex (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Casmaria erinaceus Cassis wyvillei Watson, 1886: synonym of Echinophoria wyvillei
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