Semicassis
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| Semicassis Temporal range: | |
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| A live individual of Semicassis undulata from Italy | |
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| Five views of a shell of Semicassis bisulcata from the Philippines | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Cassidae |
| Genus: | Semicassis Mörch, 1852 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Cassis japonica Reeve, 1848 | |
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Semicassis is a genus of medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cassinae within the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[2]
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