Casmaria, is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Phaliinae of the family Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies.[1]
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| Dorsal view of two shells of Casmaria ponderosa from the Philippines | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Cassidae |
| Genus: | Casmaria H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Buccinum vibex Linnaeus, 1758
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species edit
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 natalensis Aiken & Seccombe, 2019
- 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 edit
- ^ a b 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
- ^ "Casmaria decipiens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- Savigny, J-.C., 1817 Description de l'Egypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'Armée française, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. Histoire Naturelle, p. 339 pp
- Harasewych, M.G. (1997). The life and malacological contributions of R. Tucker Abbott (1919-1995). The Nautilus 110 (2): 55-77
- Buijse J.A., Dekker H. & Verbinnen G. (2013) On the identity of Casmaria species (Gastropoda, Cassidae), with descriptions of two new species. Acta Conchyliorum 14: 3-93
- Verbinnen G., Segers L., Swinnen F., Kreipl K. & Monsecour D. (2016). Cassidae. An amazing family of seashells. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 251 pp.
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