Semicassis saburon is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[1]
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Scientific 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
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| Synonyms[1] |
- 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))
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The shell of Semicassis saburon can reach a size of about 35–75 millimetres (1.4–3.0 in).[2][3]
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.[3]
Arianna Fulvo et Roberto Nistri, 2005 : 350 coquillages du monde entier, Delachaux et Niestlé (Paris) : 256 p. (ISBN 2-603-01374-2)
- 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.
- Bruguière J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344
- Locard, A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp
- Defrance J.L.M. (1804-1845). [Mineralogie et Geologie] In: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature (par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi ..., F[rédéric] Cuvier, ed.). Paris.
- Jeffreys, J. G. (1885). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions, 1868-70 (Part IX). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1885 : 27-63, pl. 4-6
- Bronn, H.G. (1832) Ergebnisse meiner Naturhistorisch-Ökonomischen Reisen. Vol. 2. Skizzen und Ausarbeitungen über Italien, nach einem zweyten Besuche im Jahre 1827. Karl Groos, Heidelburg and Leipzig, xviii + 686 pp., 4 pls.
- 0) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422.
- Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. I-XIV, 1-303, Tab. XIII-XXVIII. Schropp, Berlin
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