WoRMS taxon details
Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792)
509237 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:509237)
accepted
Species
Bulbus globosus (Jeffreys, 1885) · unaccepted (based on a larval shell of a cassid)
Cassidea saburon Bruguière, 1792 · unaccepted
Cassis adansoni Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cassis platystomus Brugnone, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792) · unaccepted
Cassis saburon var. costulata Argüelles, 1909 · unaccepted
Cassis saburon var. crassa Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cassis saburon var. minor Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cassis saburon var. monterosatoi Bayer, 1935 · unaccepted
Cassis saburon var. nigra Argüelles, 1909 · unaccepted
Cassis saburon var. platystoma Gignoux, 1913 · unaccepted
Cassis saburoni Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cassis texta Bronn, 1827 † · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Cassis texta var. striata R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > junior homonym (not Cassis striata J. Sowerby,...)
not Cassis striata J. Sowerby, 1812
Natica globosa Jeffreys, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phalium saburon (Bruguière, 1792) · unaccepted
Semicassis (Semicassis) saburon (Bruguière, 1792) · alternative representation
Semicassis miolaevigata (Sacco, 1890) · unaccepted (synonym)
Semicassis saburon evanescens Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)
Semicassis saburon inaequalis Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)
Semicassis saburon multicostata Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)
- Subspecies Semicassis saburon evanescens Settepassi, 1970 accepted as Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792) (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
- Subspecies Semicassis saburon inaequalis Settepassi, 1970 accepted as Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792) (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
- Subspecies Semicassis saburon multicostata Settepassi, 1970 accepted as Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792) (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
marine
recent + fossil
(of Cassidea saburon Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=509237 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cassidea saburon Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details]
original description (of Cassis adansoni Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 148, 556 [details]
original description (of Cassis saburoni Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 147 [details]
original description (of Natica globosa Jeffreys, 1885) Jeffreys, J. G. (1885). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions, 1868-70 (Part IX). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1885 : 27-63, pl. 4-6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31015014
page(s): 33; pl. 4 fig. 4-4a [details]
original description (of Cassis texta Bronn, 1827 †) 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., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015031288619;view=1up;seq=7 [details]
original description (of Semicassis saburon inaequalis Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]
original description (of Semicassis saburon evanescens Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]
original description (of Semicassis saburon multicostata Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]
original description (of Cassis saburon var. crassa Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965 [details]
original description (of Cassis saburon var. minor Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965 [details]
original description (of Cassis texta var. striata R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803 [details]
original description (of Cassis saburon var. monterosatoi Bayer, 1935) Bayer, C. (1935). Catalogue of the Cassididae in Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie. <em>Zoologische Mededeeelingen.</em> 18; 93-120. [details]
original description (of Cassis adansoni Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 148, 556 [details]
original description (of Cassis saburoni Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 147 [details]
original description (of Natica globosa Jeffreys, 1885) Jeffreys, J. G. (1885). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions, 1868-70 (Part IX). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1885 : 27-63, pl. 4-6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31015014
page(s): 33; pl. 4 fig. 4-4a [details]
original description (of Cassis texta Bronn, 1827 †) 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., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015031288619;view=1up;seq=7 [details]
original description (of Semicassis saburon inaequalis Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]
original description (of Semicassis saburon evanescens Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]
original description (of Semicassis saburon multicostata Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]
original description (of Cassis saburon var. crassa Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965 [details]
original description (of Cassis saburon var. minor Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965 [details]
original description (of Cassis texta var. striata R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803 [details]
original description (of Cassis saburon var. monterosatoi Bayer, 1935) Bayer, C. (1935). Catalogue of the Cassididae in Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie. <em>Zoologische Mededeeelingen.</em> 18; 93-120. [details]
Other
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | African helmet [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Afrikanische Helmschnecke [from synonym] | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Χρωματιστή κανάτα [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (159 publications) (from synonym Cassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Phalium saburon (Bruguière, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications) (from synonym Natica globosa Jeffreys, 1885)
To Conchology (Semicassis saburon)
To Malacopics (Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792))
To Malacopics (Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792))
To Malacopics (Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792))
To Malacopics (Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792))
To MNHN Fossil collection (Semicassis saburon (BRUGUIÈRE, 1792); Figuré; F.R53972)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-22058) (from synonym Cassidea saburon Bruguière, 1792)
To PESI (from synonym Cassis adansoni Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Cassis platystomus Brugnone, 1880)
To PESI (from synonym Cassis saburoni Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Natica globosa Jeffreys, 1885)
To PESI (from synonym Semicassis miolaevigata (Sacco, 1890))
To PESI (from synonym Cassis texta Bronn, 1827 †)
To PESI (from synonym Cassidea saburon Bruguière, 1792)
To PESI (from synonym Phalium saburon (Bruguière, 1792))
To PESI (from synonym Bulbus globosus (Jeffreys, 1885))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792))
To PESI (from synonym Semicassis saburon inaequalis Settepassi, 1970)
To PESI (from synonym Semicassis saburon evanescens Settepassi, 1970)
To PESI (from synonym Semicassis saburon multicostata Settepassi, 1970)
To PESI (from synonym Cassis saburon var. crassa Pallary, 1900)
To PESI (from synonym Cassis saburon var. minor Pallary, 1900)
To PESI (from synonym Cassis texta var. striata R. A. Philippi, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (159 publications) (from synonym Cassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Phalium saburon (Bruguière, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications) (from synonym Natica globosa Jeffreys, 1885)
To Conchology (Semicassis saburon)
To Malacopics (Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792))
To Malacopics (Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792))
To Malacopics (Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792))
To Malacopics (Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792))
To MNHN Fossil collection (Semicassis saburon (BRUGUIÈRE, 1792); Figuré; F.R53972)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-22058) (from synonym Cassidea saburon Bruguière, 1792)
To PESI (from synonym Cassis adansoni Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Cassis platystomus Brugnone, 1880)
To PESI (from synonym Cassis saburoni Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Natica globosa Jeffreys, 1885)
To PESI (from synonym Semicassis miolaevigata (Sacco, 1890))
To PESI (from synonym Cassis texta Bronn, 1827 †)
To PESI (from synonym Cassidea saburon Bruguière, 1792)
To PESI (from synonym Phalium saburon (Bruguière, 1792))
To PESI (from synonym Bulbus globosus (Jeffreys, 1885))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792))
To PESI (from synonym Semicassis saburon inaequalis Settepassi, 1970)
To PESI (from synonym Semicassis saburon evanescens Settepassi, 1970)
To PESI (from synonym Semicassis saburon multicostata Settepassi, 1970)
To PESI (from synonym Cassis saburon var. crassa Pallary, 1900)
To PESI (from synonym Cassis saburon var. minor Pallary, 1900)
To PESI (from synonym Cassis texta var. striata R. A. Philippi, 1836)
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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