African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AfReMaS taxon details

Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

211107 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211107)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Casmaria H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Original name

Buccinum erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Casmaria erinaceus erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Cassis vibex (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Phalium vibex (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

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Subspecies Casmaria erinaceus erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 736-737 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211107 on 2026-04-28

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. Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211107 on 2026-04-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-12-15 00:30:32Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2011-12-23 13:35:38Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 736-737 [details] Available for editors

context source (HKRMS) Orr J. (1985). Hong Kong seashells. The Urban Council, Hong Kong [details]

basis of record Buijse J.A., Dekker H. & Verbinnen G. (2013) On the identity of Casmaria species (Gastropoda, Cassidae), with descriptions of two new species. Acta Conchyliorum 14: 3-93. [May 2013] [details]

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

additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 58 [details]

additional source Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors