North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Cassis Scopoli, 1777

AphiaID

206265 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206265)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cassinae Latreille, 1825

Original name

Cassis Scopoli, 1777

Synonymised names

Cassidea Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted

Direct children (14)

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Subgenus Cassis (Semicassis) Mörch, 1852 accepted as Semicassis Mörch, 1852 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
1. Species Cassis (Semicassis) undulata (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Semicassis undulata (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Cassis abbreviata Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Semicassis granulata (Born, 1778) (synonym)
Species Cassis adansoni Locard, 1886 accepted as Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792) (synonym)
Species Cassis calamistrata Locard, 1891 accepted as Semicassis undulata (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Cassis callosus Röding, 1798 accepted as Nassarius gibbosulus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Tritia gibbosula (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Cassis gmelini Locard, 1886 accepted as Semicassis undulata (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Cassis lacteus Kiener, 1835 accepted as Semicassis granulata (Born, 1778) (synonym)
Species Cassis platystomus Brugnone, 1880 accepted as Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792) (synonym)
Species Cassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792) accepted as Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792)
Species Cassis saburoni Locard, 1886 accepted as Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792) (synonym)
Species Cassis sulcosus (Bruguière, 1792) accepted as Semicassis granulata (Born, 1778)
Species Cassis texta Bronn, 1827 † accepted as Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792) (dubious synonym)
Species Cassis undulata (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Semicassis undulata (Gmelin, 1791)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle. Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827
page(s): 393 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cassis Scopoli, 1777. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206265 on 2025-11-10

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Cassis Scopoli, 1777. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=206265 on 2025-11-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-06-07 07:51:36Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

1998-01-05 09:58:19Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-03-20 08:13:00Z

changed

Wambiji, Nina

2010-12-11 11:53:02Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-01-13 17:34:31Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-01-14 19:02:28Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-10-07 05:36:16Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle. Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827
page(s): 393 [details]

original description (of Cassidea Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke. volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; :345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details]

basis of record Verbinnen G., Segers L., Swinnen F., Kreipl K. & Monsecour D. (2016). Cassidae. An amazing family of seashells. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 251 pp. [details]