WoRMS taxon details
Cassis cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
208963 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208963)
accepted
Species
Buccinum cornutum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cassis (Cassis) cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation
Cassis caputequinum Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Cassis hamata Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Cassis labiata Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Buccinum cornutum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
Description The largest of all helmet shells, ;up to 35 cm. A very solid, heavy, rotund shell with large, horn-like knobs and a wide,...
Description The largest of all helmet shells, ;up to 35 cm. A very solid, heavy, rotund shell with large, horn-like knobs and a wide, flat base. Dorsally pale orange, base vivid orange, faintly marked with white and brown. Habitat: sand and coral rubble, often around reefs. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Cassis cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208963 on 2024-10-07
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original description
(of Buccinum cornutum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cassis hamata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Cassis labiata Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 589 [details]
original description (of Cassis caputequinum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
basis of record 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): 59 [details]
additional source Chari, V. K. (1956). The horned helmet, <i>Cassis cornuta</i> Linn. - an addition to the list of marine gastropods of Bombay. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 55(4): 736-738., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48180555#page/900/mode/1up [details]
additional source Conrad, T. A. (1849). Notes on shells, with descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia, second series.</em> 1(4): 210-214., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35780300
page(s): 210 [details]
original description (of Cassis hamata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Cassis labiata Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 589 [details]
original description (of Cassis caputequinum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
basis of record 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): 59 [details]
additional source Chari, V. K. (1956). The horned helmet, <i>Cassis cornuta</i> Linn. - an addition to the list of marine gastropods of Bombay. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 55(4): 736-738., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48180555#page/900/mode/1up [details]
additional source Conrad, T. A. (1849). Notes on shells, with descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia, second series.</em> 1(4): 210-214., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35780300
page(s): 210 [details]
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Description The largest of all helmet shells, ;up to 35 cm. A very solid, heavy, rotund shell with large, horn-like knobs and a wide, flat base. Dorsally pale orange, base vivid orange, faintly marked with white and brown. Habitat: sand and coral rubble, often around reefs. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | horned helmet shellhorned helmetgiant helmet | [details] |
German | Große SturmhaubeGehörnte Helmschnecke | [details] |
Japanese | トウカムリ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (147 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Cassis cornuta FOSSIL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cassis cornuta)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Buccinum cornutum Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cassis cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Cassis cornuta FOSSIL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cassis cornuta)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Buccinum cornutum Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cassis cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS