Semicassis bisulcata

Semicassis bisulcata, common name: the Japanese bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[2]

Semicassis bisulcata
Five views of a shell of Semicassis bisulcata var. booleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Cassidae
Genus:
Semicassis
Species:
S. bisulcata
Binomial name
Semicassis bisulcata
(Schubert, H.G. & A.J. Wagner, 1829)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum areola Burrows, 1815
  • Buccinum tesselatum Wood, 1825
  • Buccinum tessellatum Wood, 1825
  • Cassis japonica Reeve, 1848
  • Cassis minor Küster, H.C., 1852
  • Cassis nucleus Küster, H.C., 1857
  • Cassis pfeifferi Hidalgo, J.G., 1871
  • Cassis saburon "Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de" Schubert, H.G. & A.J. Wagner, 1829
  • Phalium bisulcatum
  • Semicassis (Semicassis) bisulcata (Schubert, H.G. & A.J. Wagner, 1829)
  • Semicassis nashi Iredale, T., 1931

Description
Semicassis bisulcata var. japonica
Semicassis bisulcata var. persimilis

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 85 mm. They are carnivorous and mainly feed on other smaller marine gastropods like the Umbonium vestiarium.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References
  1. "Semicassis (Semicassis) bisulcata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  2. Semicassis bisulcata . WoRMS (2009). Semicassis bisulcata. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id= 578275 on 4 December 2012 .
  3. http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/cassidae/bisulcata.htm
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp


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