Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Tonnoidea > Family Cassidae > Subfamily Phaliinae

Semicassis Mörch, 1852

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Cassidea (Semicassis) Mörch, 1852 synonym
Cassis (Semicassis) Mörch, 1852 synonym
Phalium (Semicassis) Mörch, 1852 synonym

Children

Semicassis granulata (Born, 1778)
Semicassis laevigata (Defrance, 1817)
Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792)
Semicassis undulata (Gmelin, 1791)

Literature

original description

Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Semicassis Mörch, 1852. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415969

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2018-10-07 by Philippe Bouchet

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