Semicassis centiquadrata
Appearance
Semicassis centiquadrata | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
Family: | Cassidae |
Genus: | Semicassis |
Species: | S. centiquadrata
|
Binomial name | |
Semicassis centiquadrata (Valenciennes, 1832)
| |
Synonyms | |
|
Semicassis centiquadrata is a species of sea snail in the family Cassidae.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 33 mm and 83 mm.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (December 2023) |
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Sea of Cortez, W Mexico to Peru; also off the Galápagos
References
[edit]- ^ "Semicassis centiquadrata (Valenciennes, 1832)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Panamic Bonnet Snail (Semicassis centiquadrata)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biología Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284.
- Beu A.G. 2010 (August). Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls
External links
[edit]- Valenciennes, A. (1832). Coquilles univalves marines de l'Amérique équinoxiale, recueillies pendant le voyage de MM. A. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland. In: Humboldt, A. von & Bonpland, A. (Eds), Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée: faites dans l'océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803. Vol. 2: 262-339, pl. 57
- Pilsbry, H. A. & McGinty, T. L. (1939). Small Cassididae of Florida and the West Indies. The Nautilus. 52(3): 73-77, pl. 5, figs. 1-6