Biology:Semicassis centiquadrata

Short description: Species of mollusc

Semicassis centiquadrata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Cassidae
Genus:	Semicassis
Species:	S. centiquadrata
Binomial name
Semicassis centiquadrata (Valenciennes, 1832)
Synonyms
Cassis centiquadrata Valenciennes, 1832 superseded combination Cassis corrugata Swainson, 1822 junior subjective synonym Cassis doliata Valenciennes, 1832 junior subjective synonym Cassis lactea Kiener, 1835 junior subjective synonym Phalium centiquadratum (Valenciennes, 1832) superseded combination Semicassis (Semicassis) centiquadrata (Valenciennes, 1832) · alternate representatio

Semicassis centiquadrata is a species of sea snail in the family Cassidae.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 33 mm and 83 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Sea of Cortez, W Mexico to Peru; also off the Galápagos

References

• Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284.
• Beu A.G. 2010 (August). 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: 550 pp, 79 pls

External links

• Valenciennes, A. (1832). Coquilles univalves marines de l'Amérique équinoxiale, recueillies pendant le voyage de MM. A. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland. In: Humboldt, A. von & Bonpland, A. (Eds), Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée: faites dans l'océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803. Vol. 2: 262-339, pl. 57
• Pilsbry, H. A. & McGinty, T. L. (1939). Small Cassididae of Florida and the West Indies. The Nautilus. 52(3): 73-77, pl. 5, figs. 1-6

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