Semicassis undulata
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| image = Semicassis_undulata_2.jpg
| image_caption = Two live individuals in Archi, Reggio Calabria, Italy
| taxon = Semicassis undulata
| authority = (Gmelin, 1791)
| synonyms =
- Phalium undulatum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Semicassis granulata undulata (Gmelin, 1791)
}}
Semicassis undulata is a Mediterranean species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Cassinae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.
Taxonomy
This taxon was previously sometimes referred to at subspecies level as Semicassis granulata undulata, but in 2019, the World Register of Marine Species lists this Mediterranean taxon as a separate species from Semicassis granulata, which is a Western Atlantic taxon.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Semicassis granulata undulata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591482 on 2012-06-17
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Northwest Africa and the Macaronesian Islands.
References
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- Kreipl K. 1997. Recent Cassidae. Christa Hemmen, Wiesbaden, 151 p. page(s): 55
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Category:Gastropods described in 1791
Category:Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
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