Casmaria
| Casmaria | |
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| Dorsal view of two shells of Casmaria ponderosa from the Philippines | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Cassidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassinae |
| Genus: | Casmaria H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Phalium (Casmaria) Adams, 1853 | |
Casmaria, common name the helmet shells, is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Casmaria include:
- Casmaria atlantica Clench, 1944
- Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Casmaria ponderosa (Link, 1807)
- Casmaria vibexmexicana (Stearns, 1894)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Casmaria decipiens Kilburn, R.N., 1980:[2] synonym of Phalium decipiens Kilburn, 1980
- Casmaria erinacea : synonym of Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bouchet, P. (2010). Casmaria H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206265 on 2011-06-22
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Casmaria decipiens; accessed : 22 June 2011
- Harasewych, M.G. (1997). The life and malacological contributions of R. Tucker Abbott (1919-1995). The Nautilus 110 (2): 55-77
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