Species Semicassis sophia (Brazier, 1872)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cassis sophia Brazier, J. 1872. Descriptions of six new species of land shells from Australia and Lord Howe's Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 617-619 [617, pl. 44, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.30751 dry, Grassy Head, north of Macleay River mouth, New South Wales, Australia [30°47'31.2"S, 153°0'0"E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Semicassis (Semicassis) sophia (Brazier, 1872). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [234]
• Phalium bisulcatus sophia (Brazier, 1872). —
  Abbott, R.T. 1968. The helmet shells of the world (Cassidae). Part 1. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(9): 7-201 [131]
• Xenogalea sophia (Brazier, 1872). —
  Iredale, T. 1927. A review of Australian helmet shells (Family Cassididae - Phylum Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum 15: 321-354 [343] (New combination)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Kermadec Islands.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

40-140 m

 

General References

Abbott, R.T. 1968. The helmet shells of the world (Cassidae). Part 1. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(9): 7-201 [131-132]

Beechey, D. 2000. Semicassis sophia (Brazier, 1872). The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Cassidae/Pages/semicassis_sophia.htm (date accessed 10/7/2012)

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [71-72]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [55]

Kreipl, K. 1997. Recent Cassidae. Weisbaden : Verlag Christa Hemman 151 pp., pls 1-24. [62, pl. 22, fig. 74]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [234]

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. [68, pl. 48, fig. 8]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [117, pl. 18, fig. 13] (Sophia's 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