Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Semicassis persimilis Kira, 1959

HKRMS name details

Semicassis persimilis Kira, 1959

AphiaID

874493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:874493)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Semicassis bisulcata (Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829)

Rank

Species

Parent

Semicassis Mörch, 1852

Original name

Semicassis persimilis Kira, 1959

Environment

marine

Original description

Kira T. (1959). Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan. (2nd ed., first printing), Hoikusha, Japan, [6] + vii + [1] + 239 pp., 71 pls. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Semicassis persimilis Kira, 1959. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874493 on 2026-07-20

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Semicassis persimilis Kira, 1959. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874493 on 2026-07-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-04-25 12:31:49Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2022-06-03 20:23:53Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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Sources (5)

original description Kira T. (1959). Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan. (2nd ed., first printing), Hoikusha, Japan, [6] + vii + [1] + 239 pp., 71 pls. [details]

context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630673 [details]

basis of record Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630673 [details]

additional source Bieler, R.; Petit, R. E. (1990). On the various editions of Tetsuaki Kira's “Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan” and “Shells of the Western Pacific in color Vol. 1”, with an annotated list of new names introduced. Malacologia. 32: 131-145., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13146396 [details]

source of synonymy Kreipl K. 1997. Recent Cassidae. Christa Hemmen, Wiesbaden, 151 p. [details]