''Semicassis thomsoni'' is a
species of large
predatory sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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 esti ...
in the family
Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Semicassis thomsoni (Brazier, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591489 on 2022-05-21]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in
New Zealand.
[ Powell A. W. B. (1979). William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland .] and in the Australian part of the
Tasman Sea.
References
* Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links
Brazier, J. (1876). Fourteen new species of terrestrial, fluvatile, and marine shells from Australia and the Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 1 (1): 1-9
Cassidae
Gastropods described in 1875
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