Biology:Cassis (gastropod)

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Cassis Temporal range: Paleocene - Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
A shell of Cassis cornuta
Five views of a shell of Cassis cornuta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Cassidae
Genus:	Cassis Scopoli, 1777
Type species
Buccinum cornutum Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text
Synonyms
Cassidea Bruguière, 1789 Cassis (Cassis) Scopoli, 1777· accepted, alternate representation Cassis (Hypocassis) Iredale, 1927· accepted, alternate representation Cassis (Morionella) Dall, 1909 †· accepted, alternate representation Goniogalea Mörch, 1857 Hypocassis Iredale, 1927 Nannocassis Iredale, 1927

Cassis, common name the helmet shells, is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies. This is the type genus of the subfamily Cassinae.

Species

The genus Cassis includes extant and extinct species:

• Cassis abbotti Bouchet, 1988
• † Cassis altispira Beu 2010
• † Cassis birmanica Vredenburg 1921
• † Cassis brasili (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1905)
• † Cassis calusa Petuch and Berschauer 2018
• Cassis cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
• † Cassis costulifera Beu 2010
• † Cassis delta Parker 1948
• † Cassis depressior Martin 1879
• Cassis fimbriata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
• Cassis flammea (Linnaeus, 1758)
• † Cassis flintensis Mansfield 1940
• † Cassis floridensis Tucker and Wilson 1932
• † Cassis glaucoides Martin 1879
• † Cassis herklotsi Martin 1879
• † Cassis ketteri Parodiz and Tripp 1992
• Cassis kreipli Morrison, 2003
• † Cassis lelongi Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2017
• † Cassis maccormacki Olsson 1928
• Cassis madagascariensis Lamarck, 1822
• † Cassis mammillaris Grateloup 1927
• Cassis nana Tenison-Woods, 1879
• † Cassis nigellensis Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2017
• Cassis norai Prati Musetti, 1995
• Cassis nummulitiphila Sacco 1890
• † Cassis parfouruorum Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2017
• Cassis patamakanthini Parth, 2000
• † Cassis powelli Petuch and Berschauer, 2018
• Cassis retusa Michelotti 1861
• Cassis subtuberosa Hanna 1926
• Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
• Cassis tessellata Gmelin, 1791
• Cassis togata White 1887
• Cassis tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cassis vialensis Fuchs 1870

Fossils of the sea snails within this genus have been found all over the world in sediments from Paleocene to Recent (age range: 66 to 0 million years ago).

Fossil shell of Cassis mammillaris

Species brought into synonymy

• Cassis achatina Lamarck, 1816: synonym of Semicassis labiata (Perry, 1811)
• Cassis areola (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Phalium areola (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cassis bituberculosa Martens, 1901: synonym of Echinophoria bituberculosa (Martens, 1901)
• Cassis callosa Röding, 1798: synonym of Nassarius gibbulosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cassis centiquadrata (Valenciennes, 1832): synonym of Semicassis centiquadrata (Valenciennes, 1832)
• Cassis cernica Sowerby III, 1888: synonym of Casmaria ponderosa ponderosa (Link, 1807)
• Cassis coarctata G.B. Sowerby I, 1825: synonym of Cypraecassis coarctata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
• Cassis coronadoi Crosse, 1867: synonym of Echinophoria coronadoi (Crosse, 1867)
• Cassis dalli Anderson, 1929: synonym of Echinophoria hadra (Woodring & Olsson, 1957)
• Cassis glans Röding, 1798: synonym of Demoulia abbreviata (Gmelin, 1791)
• Cassis glauca (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Phalium glaucum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cassis globulus Menke, 1829: synonym of Demoulia ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)
• Cassis gracilenta Yokoyama, 1928: synonym of Cyllene gracilenta (Yokoyama, 1928)
• Cassis japonica Reeve, 1848: synonym of Semicassis bisulcata (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
• Cassis labrosa Martini, 1773: synonym of Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cassis ringens Swainson, 1822: synonym of Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822)
• Cassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cassis spinosa (Gronovius, 1781): synonym of Cassis tessellata Gmelin, 1791
• Cassis tenuis Wood, 1828: synonym of Cypraecassis tenuis (Wood, 1828)
• Cassis vibex (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cassis wyvillei Watson, 1886: synonym of Echinophoria wyvillei (Watson, 1886)

External links

• (in English) "Cassis Scopoli, 1777". biolib.cz. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id402143/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q846028 entry