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

Semicassis granulata (Born, 1778)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Semicassis*	Mörch, 1852	accepted genus name
*Cassidea (Semicassis)*	Mörch, 1852	synonym
*Cassis (Semicassis)*	Mörch, 1852	synonym
*Phalium (Semicassis)*	Mörch, 1852	synonym

Species group names

*Buccinum globosum*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Buccinum granulatum*	Born, 1778	synonym
*Cassidea granulosa*	Bruguière, 1792	synonym
*Cassis abbreviata*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Cassis lacteus*	Kiener, 1835	synonym
*Cassis sulcosus*	(Bruguière, 1792)	synonym
*Cassis sulcosus var. elongata*	Weinkauff, 1868	synonym
*Cassis sulcosus var. varicosa*	Weinkauff, 1868	synonym
*Phalium granulatum*	(Born, 1778)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: grooved helmet; scotch bonnet sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Gefurchte Helmschnecke; Gefurchte Sturmhaube; Granula-Helmschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Beu, A. G. (2010). Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 377-378: 1-550.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Semicassis granulata (Born, 1778). 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:419784