Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Tonnoidea

Cassidae Latreille, 1825

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cassinae
Cassis Scopoli, 1771
Galeodea Link, 1807
Oocorys P. Fischer, 1884
Phaliinae Beu, 1981
Phalium Link, 1807
Semicassis Mörch, 1852

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: helmet shells sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: helmet shells

Literature

basis of record	Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397.
additional source	Abbott, R.T. (1968). The Helmet shells of the world (Cassidae) Part 1. Indo-pacific Mollusca 2(9): 7-201
additional source	Riedel F. 1995. An outline of Cassoidean phylogeny (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 32(4): 97–132.
additional source	Kreipl K. 1997. Recent Cassidae. Christa Hemmen, Wiesbaden, 151 p.
additional source	Iredale T. 1927. A review of Australian helmet shells (family Cassididae — phylum Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum 15 (5): 321–354, plates 31-32.
status source	Beu A.G. (2008) Recent deep-water Cassidae of the world. A revision of Galeodea, Oocorys, Sconsia, Echinophoria and related taxa, with new genera and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). In Héros V., Cowie R.H. & Bouchet P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 269-387.

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Cassidae Latreille, 1825. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22999