Semicassis thomsoni is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies.[1]

Semicassis thomsoni
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. thomsoni
Binomial name
Semicassis thomsoni
(Brazier, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Cassis (Casmaria) thomsoni Brazier, 1876 (basionym)
  • Cassis thomsoni Brazier, 1876 (original combination)
  • Semicassis (Semicassis) thomsoni (Brazier, 1876) · alternate representation
  • Phalium (Xenogalea) thomsoni (Brazier, 1876)
  • Xenogalea thomsoni (Brazier, 1876)
  • Xenogalea thomsoni palinodia Iredale, 1931

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs in New Zealand.[2] and in the Australian part of the Tasman Sea.

References edit

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Semicassis thomsoni (Brazier, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591489 on 2022-05-21
  2. ^ Powell A. W. B. (1979). William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

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