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Species of gastropod

Semicassis saburon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cassidae
Genus: Semicassis
Species: S. saburon
Binomial name
Semicassis saburon
(Bruguière, 1792)
Synonyms
  • Bulbus globosus (Jeffreys, 1885)
  • Cassidea saburon Bruguière, 1792
  • Cassis adansoni Locard, 1886
  • Cassis laevigata Defrance, 1817 †
  • Cassis platystomus Brugnone, 1880
  • Cassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792)
  • Cassis saburon var. costulata Argüelles, 1909
  • Cassis saburon var. crassa Pallary, 1900
  • Cassis saburon var. minor Pallary, 1900
  • Cassis saburon var. monterosatoi Bayer, 1935
  • Cassis saburon var. nigra Argüelles, 1909
  • Cassis saburon var. platystoma Gignoux, 1913
  • Cassis saburoni Locard, 1886
  • Cassis texta Bronn, 1827 † (dubious synonym)
  • Cassis texta var. striata Philippi, 1836
  • Natica globosa Jeffreys, 1885
  • Phalium saburon (Bruguière, 1792)
  • Semicassis (Semicassis) saburon (Bruguière, 1792) · alternate representation
  • Semicassis miolaevigata Sacco, 1890
  • Semicassis saburon evanescens Settepassi, 1970 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
  • Semicassis saburon inaequalis Settepassi, 1970 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
  • Semicassis saburon multicostata Settepassi, 1970 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))

Semicassis saburon is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.

Description

The shell of Semicassis saburon can reach a size of about 35–75 millimetres (1.4–3.0 in).

Distribution

This species is present in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from the Bay of Biscay south to Ghana, and west to the Azores, and the Canaries.

References

  1. ^ Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792). Gofas, S. (2009). Phalium saburon (Bruguière, 1792). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139027 on 9 September 2010 .
  2. Arianna Fulvo et Roberto Nistri, 2005 : 350 coquillages du monde entier, Delachaux et Niestlé (Paris) : 256 p. (ISBN 2-603-01374-2)
  3. ^ "Semicassis saburon". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  • Adanson, M., 1757 Histoire naturelle du Sénégal. Coquillages, p. 275 p, 19 pls
  • Fischer-Piette, E., 1942. Les mollusques d'Adanson. Journal de Conchyliologie 85: 104-366
  • Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1.

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