Semicassis saburon

Semicassis saburon is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.

Semicassis saburon
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 (Bruguière, 1792)
Synonyms
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))

Description

The shell of Semicassis saburon can reach a size of about 35–75 millimetres (1.4–3.0 in).

Distribution

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.

References

• 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.

External links

• 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