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Semicassis
Genus of gastropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Semicassis is a genus of medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cassinae within the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[2]
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Semicassis | |
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A live individual of Semicassis undulata from Italy | |
Five views of a shell of Semicassis bisulcata from the Philippines | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
Family: | Cassidae |
Genus: | Semicassis Mörch, 1852 [1] |
Type species | |
Cassis japonica Reeve, 1848 | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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