''Casmaria'', is a

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of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Phaliinae of the

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Cassidae The Cassidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized, large, and sometimes very large sea snails commonly called helmet snails or bonnet snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the clade Littorinimorpha.Go ...

, the helmet shells and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). ''Cascara'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205551 on 2015-12-29

Species

Species within the genus ''Casmaria'' include: * '' Casmaria atlantica'' Clench, 1944 * '' Casmaria beui'' Buijse, Dekker & Verbinnen, 2013 * '' Casmaria boblehmani'' Fedosov, Olivera, Watkins & Barkalova, 2014 * '' Casmaria cernica'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888) * '' Casmaria erinaceus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Casmaria kalosmodix'' (Melvill, 1883) * '' Casmaria kayae'' Buijse, Dekker & Verbinnen, 2013 * '' Casmaria natalensis'' Aiken & Seccombe, 2019 * '' Casmaria perryi'' ( Iredale, 1912) * '' Casmaria ponderosa'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Casmaria turgida'' (Reeve, 1848) * '' Casmaria unicolor'' (Pallary, 1926) ; Species brought into synonymy: * ''Casmaria decipiens'' Kilburn, R.N., 1980: synonym of '' Phalium decipiens'' Kilburn, 1980 * ''Casmaria erinacea'': synonym of '' Casmaria erinaceus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Cascara vibexmexicana'' (Stearns, 1894) : synonym of '' Casmaria erinaceus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

* Savigny, J-.C., 1817 ''Description de l'Egypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'Armée française, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand.'' Histoire Naturelle, p. 339 pp * Harasewych, M.G. (1997). ''The life and malacological contributions of R. Tucker Abbott (1919-1995)''. The Nautilus 110 (2): 55-77 * Buijse J.A., Dekker H. & Verbinnen G. (2013) ''On the identity of Casmaria species (Gastropoda, Cassidae), with descriptions of two new species''. Acta Conchyliorum 14: 3-93 * Verbinnen G., Segers L., Swinnen F., Kreipl K. & Monsecour D. (2016). ''Cassidae. An amazing family of seashells''. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 251 pp.

External links

Adams H. & Adams A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
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