''Cassidula'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of small air-breathing
salt marsh
A salt marsh or saltmarsh, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. It is domin ...
snail
A snail is, in loose terms, a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name ''snail'' is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class G ...
s,
pulmonate gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
s in the family
Ellobiidae
Ellobiidae, common name the hollow-shelled snails, is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata.Bouchet, P. (2012). Ellobiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2014). Cassidula Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205152 on 2014-06-10]
Species and subspecies
* ''
Cassidula angulifera
''Cassidula'' is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cassidula Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.or ...
''
(Petit, 1841)
* ''
Cassidula aurisfelis
''Cassidula'' is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cassidula Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org ...
''
(Bruguière, 1789)
* ''
Cassidula doliolum
''Cassidula'' is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cassidula Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.or ...
''
(Petit de la Saussaye, 1842)
* ''
Cassidula granosula
''Cassidula'' is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cassidula Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies ...
''
(Iredale, 1936)
* ''
Cassidula labrella''
(Deshayes, 1830)
* ''
Cassidula multiplicata
''Cassidula'' is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cassidula Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org ...
''
(Martens, 1865)
* ''
Cassidula nucleus''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Cassidula philippinarum
''Cassidula'' is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cassidula Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org ...
''
Hidalgo, 1888
* ''
Cassidula plecotrematoides
''Cassidula plecotrematoides'' is a species of small air-breathing salt marsh snail, a pulmonate gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusc ...
''
Möllendorff, 1901
** ''
Cassidula plecotrematoides japonica
''Cassidula'' is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cassidula Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org ...
''
Möllendorff, 1901
* ''
Cassidula rugata
''Cassidula'' is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cassidula Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org ...
''
(Menke, 1843)
* ''
Cassidula schmackeriana
''Cassidula'' is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cassidula Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org ...
''
Möllendorff, 1895
* ''
Cassidula sowerbyana
''Cassidula'' is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cassidula Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org ...
''
(Pfeiffer, 1853)
* ''
Cassidula sulculosa
''Cassidula'' is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cassidula Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org ...
''
(Mousson, 1849)
* ''
Cassidula vespertilionis
''Cassidula'' is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cassidula Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org ...
''
(Lesson, 1831)
* ''
Cassidula zonata
''Cassidula'' is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cassidula Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org ...
''
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cassidula bilabiata''
Hedley, 1912: synonym of ''Cassidula zonata''
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
* ''Cassidula corona''
(Gmelin, 1791): synonym of ''
Melongena corona
''Melongena corona'', common name the Florida crown conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine Gastropoda, gastropod Mollusca, mollusk in the family (biology), family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.MolluscaBase e ...
''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Cassidula decussata''
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855: synonym of ''Cassidula sowerbyana''
(Pfeiffer, 1853)
* ''Cassidula kraussi''
(Küster, 1844): synonym of ''
Cassidula labrella''
(Deshayes, 1830) (junior synonym)
* ''Cassidula lutescens''
Pfeiffer, 1856: synonym of ''
Cassidula labrella''
(Deshayes, 1830) (junior synonym)
References
* Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp. Vol. 1 part 1: 1-376
etween 4 September and 21 October 1929 Vol. 1 part 2: 377-778
efore 31 October 1931 Vol. 2 part 3: 779-1022
efore 19 January 1934 Vol. 2 part 4: i-iv, 1023-1154, i-vi for volume 1
* Martins, A. M. de F. (1996) ''Anatomy and systematics of the Western Atlantic Ellobiidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata).'' Malacologia 37: 163-332.
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca.'' American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
* GBIF info at
External links
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp*
Timothy Abbott Conrad, Conrad T. A. (1853). "Synopsis of the Genera ''Cassidula'', Humph., and of a proposed new genus ''Athleta''". ''
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
The ''Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, formerly the Academ ...
'' 6
448-449
Ellobiidae
Gastropod genera
{{Ellobiidae-stub