Species Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Buccinum erinaceus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [736, no. 390].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, LS, O. Americano, designated as Amboina, Indonesia.
• Buccinum vibex Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [737, no. 392].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, LS, Jamaican (erroneous- Abbott, 1968).
• Cassis denticulata Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [32, no. 379].
• Phalium edentulum Link, H.F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben. [6 parts with no volume description; pp.1-50, 51-100, 101-165, 1-30, 1-38, 1-38] [113].
• Cassis vibex ventricosa Rigacci, G. 1866. Catalogo delle Conchiglie componenti la Collezione Rigacci, classificata col Sistema di Lamarck. Roma : Tipografia Salviucci pp. 3-56. [44] [nomen nudum; as Cassis vibex var. ventricosa Rigacci, 1866].

Generic Combinations

• Casmaria erinaceus erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Abbott, R.T. 1968. The helmet shells of the world (Cassidae). Part 1. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(9): 7-201 [190, pl. 14, figs 7-12]
• Casmaria vibex (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Iredale, T. 1927. A review of Australian helmet shells (Family Cassididae - Phylum Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum 15: 321-354 [337]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Kreipl, K. 1997. Recent Cassidae. Weisbaden : Verlag Christa Hemman 151 pp., pls 1-24. [43]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [231, pl. 38, figs 2a-c]

Common Name References

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [126, pl. 127] (Vibex Bonnet)

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