Species Semicassis paucirugis (Menke, 1843)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cassis paucirugis Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannoverae : Libraria Aulica Hahniana pp. 1-46. [Apr. 1843]. [23].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, western shores of New Holland, limited to Swan River (Perth), Western Australia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Semicassis (Semicassis) paucirugis (Menke, 1843). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [234, pl. 37, figs 9a-b]
• Phalium paucirugis (Menke, 1843). —
  Abbott, R.T. 1968. The helmet shells of the world (Cassidae). Part 1. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(9): 7-201 [176]
• Xenogalea paucirugis (Menke, 1843). —
  Iredale, T. 1927. A review of Australian helmet shells (Family Cassididae - Phylum Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum 15: 321-354 [345] (New combination)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

15-20 m

 

General References

Abbott, R.T. 1968. The helmet shells of the world (Cassidae). Part 1. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(9): 7-201 [176-177]

Kreipl, K. 1997. Recent Cassidae. Weisbaden : Verlag Christa Hemman 151 pp., pls 1-24. [59, pl. 21, fig. 70]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [79]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [234, pl. 37, figs 9a-b]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [70, pl. 49, figs 2-2a]

 

Common Name References

Cotton, B.C. 1954. Family Cassididae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 4: 4 pp. [1] (Few-wrinkled Helmet)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TONNOIDEA	10-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		08-Mar-2012	MODIFIED