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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 representation
Cassis (Hypocassis) Iredale, 1927 · accepted, alternate representation
Cassis (Morionella) Dall, 1909 †· accepted, alternate representation
Goniogalea 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]
This is the type genus of the subfamily
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 (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)
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