Casmaria

Casmaria
Dorsal view of two shells of Casmaria ponderosa from the Philippines
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cassidae
Subfamily: Cassinae
Genus: Casmaria
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Buccinum vibex Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]

Phalium (Casmaria) Adams, 1853

Casmaria, is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Casmaria include:

  • Casmaria atlantica Clench, 1944
  • Casmaria beui Buijse, Dekker & Verbinnen, 2013
  • Casmaria boblehmani Fedosov, Olivera, Watkins & Barkalova, 2014
  • Casmaria cernica (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
  • Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Casmaria kalosmodix (Melvill, 1883)
  • Casmaria kayae Buijse, Dekker & Verbinnen, 2013
  • Casmaria perryi (Iredale, 1912)
  • Casmaria ponderosa (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Casmaria turgida (Reeve, 1848)
  • Casmaria unicolor (Pallary, 1926)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Casmaria decipiens Kilburn, R.N., 1980:[2] synonym of Phalium decipiens Kilburn, 1980
  • Casmaria erinacea: synonym of Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Cascara vibexmexicana (Stearns, 1894) : synonym of Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Cascara H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205551 on 2015-12-29
  2. ↑ Gastropods.com : Casmaria decipiens; accessed : 22 June 2011
  • Harasewych, M.G. (1997). The life and malacological contributions of R. Tucker Abbott (1919-1995). The Nautilus 110 (2): 55-77


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