African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Cassis Scopoli, 1777

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Cassidae Latreille, 1825

Parent

Cassinae Latreille, 1825

Original name

Cassis Scopoli, 1777

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Species Cassis cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cassis tessellata (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Cassis tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cassis achatina Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Semicassis labiata (G. Perry, 1811) (junior subjective synonym)
Species Cassis areola (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Phalium areola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cassis cernica G. B. Sowerby III, 1888 accepted as Casmaria cernica (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888) (original combination)
Species Cassis glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Phalium glaucum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cassis spinosa Gronovius, 1781 accepted as Cassis tessellata (Gmelin, 1791) (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN Opinion 261; made available by Deshayes (1844))
Species Cassis vibex (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

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. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cassis Scopoli, 1777. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206265 on 2026-07-16

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Cassis Scopoli, 1777. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206265 on 2026-07-16

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

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-10-07 05:36:16Z

changed

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]

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]