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WoRMS taxon details

Semicassis faurotis (Jousseaume, 1888)

AphiaID

591478 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:591478)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Semicassis Mörch, 1852

Original name

Faurotis faurotis Jousseaume, 1888

Synonymised names

Cassis crossei Hidalgo, 1896 · unaccepted

Faurotis faurotis Jousseaume, 1888 · unaccepted (original combination)

Phalium faurotis (Jousseaume, 1888) · unaccepted

Semicassis (Semicassis) faurotis (Jousseaume, 1888) · alternative representation

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Faurotis faurotis Jousseaume, 1888) Jousseaume, F. (1888). Description des mollusques recueillis par M. le Dr. Faurot dans la Mer Rouge et le Golfe d'Aden. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 1: 165-223., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10047746
page(s): 188-190 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Aden

type locality contained in Aden [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Semicassis faurotis (Jousseaume, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591478 on 2026-04-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-12-23 13:35:38Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

2017-01-21 19:52:32Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Faurotis faurotis Jousseaume, 1888) Jousseaume, F. (1888). Description des mollusques recueillis par M. le Dr. Faurot dans la Mer Rouge et le Golfe d'Aden. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 1: 165-223., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10047746
page(s): 188-190 [details]

Other

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): 63 [details]