Species of gastropod
Semicassis bisulcata
Five views of a shell of Semicassis bisulcata var. booleyi
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Family:
Cassidae
Genus:
Semicassis
Species:
S. bisulcata
Binomial name
Semicassis bisulcata (Schubert, H.G. & A.J. Wagner, 1829)
Synonyms [ 1]
Buccinum areola Burrows, 1815 Buccinum tesselatum Wood, 1825 Buccinum tessellatum Wood, 1825 Cassis japonica Reeve, 1848 Cassis minor Küster, H.C., 1852 Cassis nucleus Küster, H.C., 1857 Cassis pfeifferi Hidalgo, J.G., 1871 Cassis saburon "Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de" Schubert, H.G. & A.J. Wagner, 1829 Phalium bisulcatum Semicassis (Semicassis) bisulcata (Schubert, H.G. & A.J. Wagner, 1829) Semicassis nashi Iredale, T., 1931
Semicassis bisulcata 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
Semicassis bisulcata var. japonica Semicassis bisulcata var. persimilis 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
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates . Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
External links
Semicassis bisulcata at Wikimedia Commons
Semicassis bisulcata Cassis bisulcata
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