Biology:Semicassis bisulcata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Semicassis bisulcata | |
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| Five views of a shell of Semicassis bisulcata var. booleyi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cassidae |
| Genus: | Semicassis |
| Species: | S. bisulcata
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| Binomial name | |
| Semicassis bisulcata (Schubert, H.G. & A.J. Wagner, 1829)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Semicassis bisulcata, common name: the Japanese bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 85 mm. They are carnivorous and mainly feed on other smaller marine gastropods like Umbonium vestiarium.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
- ↑ "Semicassis (Semicassis) bisulcata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_192.shtml.
- ↑ Semicassis bisulcata. WoRMS (2009). Semicassis bisulcata. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id= 578275 on 4 December 2012 .
- ↑ "Japanese bonnet snail (Semicassis bisulcata)". http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/cassidae/bisulcata.htm.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6786886 entry
