Cassis (gastropod)
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| A shell of Cassis cornuta | |
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| Five views of a shell of Cassis cornuta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Cassidae |
| Genus: | Cassis Scopoli, 1777 |
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| Buccinum cornutum | |
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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 extant and extinct species:[1][2]
- Bouchet, 1988
- † Beu 2010
- † Vredenburg 1921
- † (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1905)
- † Petuch and Berschauer 2018
- Cassis cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
- † Beu 2010
- † Parker 1948
- † Martin 1879
- Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
- Cassis flammea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- † Mansfield 1940
- † Tucker and Wilson 1932
- † Martin 1879
- † Martin 1879
- † Parodiz and Tripp 1992
- Cassis kreipli Morrison, 2003
- † Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2017
- † Olsson 1928
- Cassis madagascariensis Lamarck, 1822
- † Grateloup 1927
- Tenison-Woods, 1879
- † Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2017
- Prati Musetti, 1995
- Sacco 1890
- † Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2017
- Cassis patamakanthini Parth, 2000
- † Petuch and Berschauer, 2018
- Michelotti 1861
- Hanna 1926
- Sowerby 1850
- Cassis tessellata Gmelin, 1791
- White 1887
- Cassis tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- 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 (Martens, 1901)
- Cassis callosa Röding, 1798: synonym of (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cassis centiquadrata (Valenciennes, 1832): synonym of (Valenciennes, 1832)
- Cassis cernica Sowerby III, 1888: synonym of Casmaria ponderosa ponderosa (Link, 1807)
- Cassis coarctata G.B. Sowerby I, 1825: synonym of (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Cassis coronadoi Crosse, 1867: synonym of Echinophoria coronadoi (Crosse, 1867)
- Cassis dalli Anderson, 1929: synonym of (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 (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 (Wood, 1828)
- Cassis vibex (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cassis wyvillei Watson, 1886: synonym of (Watson, 1886)
References[]
- ^ a b c d Bouchet, P. (2014). "Cassis Scopoli, 1771". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ a b Fossilworks
External links[]
- (in English) "Cassis Scopoli, 1777". biolib.cz.
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Categories:
- Cassidae
- Extant Paleocene first appearances
- Cassidae stubs