Semicassis_undulata

<i>Semicassis undulata</i>

Semicassis undulata

Species of gastropod

Semicassis undulata is a Mediterranean species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Cassinae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.

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Taxonomy

This taxon was previously sometimes referred to at subspecies level as Semicassis granulata undulata, but in 2019, the World Register of Marine Species lists this Mediterranean taxon as a separate species from Semicassis granulata, which is a Western Atlantic taxon.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Northwest Africa and the Macaronesian Islands.

References

  1. [1]
    Rosenberg, G. (2012). Semicassis granulata undulata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591482 on 2012-06-17
  • Kreipl K. 1997. Recent Cassidae. Christa Hemmen, Wiesbaden, 151 p. page(s): 55
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