Cassis (gastropod)

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Cassis
Temporal range: Paleocene - Recent
Cassis cornuta shell.jpg
A shell of Cassis cornuta
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Five views of a shell of Cassis cornuta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cassidae
Genus: Cassis
Scopoli, 1777
Type species
Buccinum cornutum
Species

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Synonyms [1]
  • CassideaBruguière, 1789
  • Cassis (Cassis)Scopoli, 1777· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cassis (Hypocassis)Iredale, 1927· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cassis (Morionella)Dall, 1909 †· accepted, alternate representation
  • GoniogaleaMörch, 1857
  • HypocassisIredale, 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. [1] This is the type genus of the subfamily Cassinae.

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Species

The genus Cassis includes extant and extinct species: [1] [2]

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). [2]

Fossil shell of Cassis mammillaris Cassidae - Cassis mamillaris.JPG
Fossil shell of Cassis mammillaris
Species brought into synonymy
[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bouchet, P. (2014). "Cassis Scopoli, 1771". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 Fossilworks