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Semicassis undulata (Gmelin, 1791)

Semicassis undulata (Gmelin, 1791)
Specimen from El Alquián, Almería, Spain (actual size 65 mm).

AphiaID

591481 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:591481)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Semicassis Mörch, 1852

Original name

Buccinum undulatum Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Buccinum bilineatum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Buccinum trifasciatum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted

Buccinum undulatum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cassidea sulcosa Bruguière, 1792 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cassis (Semicassis) undulata (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cassis (Semicassis) undulata var. minima Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cassis (Semicassis) undulata var. minor Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cassis calamistrata Locard, 1891 · unaccepted

Cassis gmelini Locard, 1886 · unaccepted

Cassis undulata (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted

Cassis undulata var. ebla De Gregorio, 1886 · unaccepted

Cassis undulata var. ghirma De Gregorio, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)

Cassis undulata var. levilabiata De Gregorio, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cassis undulata var. syriaca Pallary, 1938 · unaccepted

Phalium (Semicassis) undulatum (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted

Phalium (Semicassis) undulatum var. marchesei Bayer, 1935 · unaccepted

Phalium (Semicassis) undulatum var. pusio Bayer, 1935 · unaccepted

Phalium undulatum (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted

Semicassis (Semicassis) undulata (Gmelin, 1791) · alternative representation

Semicassis granulata undulata (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted

Semicassis undulata bivaricosa Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)

not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)

Semicassis undulata elegantissima Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)

not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)

Semicassis undulata maderensis Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)

not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)

Semicassis undulata saburoidea Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)

not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)

Semicassis undulata tenuis Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)

not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)

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Subspecies Semicassis undulata bivaricosa Settepassi, 1970 accepted as Semicassis undulata (Gmelin, 1791) (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
Subspecies Semicassis undulata elegantissima Settepassi, 1970 accepted as Semicassis undulata (Gmelin, 1791) (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
Subspecies Semicassis undulata maderensis Settepassi, 1970 accepted as Semicassis undulata (Gmelin, 1791) (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
Subspecies Semicassis undulata saburoidea Settepassi, 1970 accepted as Semicassis undulata (Gmelin, 1791) (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
Subspecies Semicassis undulata tenuis Settepassi, 1970 accepted as Semicassis undulata (Gmelin, 1791) (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Buccinum undulatum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3475 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Semicassis undulata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591481 on 2025-04-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-12-23 13:35:38Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

2017-01-23 17:53:26Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Buccinum undulatum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3475 [details]

original description (of Cassidea sulcosa Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details]

original description (of Cassis calamistrata Locard, 1891) Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385 [Published 31 October 1891; also published by Baillière as a book in 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547
page(s): 89 [details]

original description (of Semicassis undulata maderensis Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]

original description (of Semicassis undulata tenuis Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]

original description (of Semicassis undulata elegantissima Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]

original description (of Semicassis undulata saburoidea Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]

original description (of Semicassis undulata bivaricosa Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]

original description (of Cassis undulata var. levilabiata De Gregorio, 1884) De Gregorio, A. (1884-1885). Studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del genere Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 10(1-4): 36-64, pls 1-3 [10 August 1884]; 65-128, pls 4-5 [20 November 1884]; 10(9-19): 129-288 [30 April 1885]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908552
page(s): 113 [details]

original description (of Cassis gmelini Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 148, 556-557 [details]

original description (of Cassis (Semicassis) undulata var. minima Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 297, fig. 7 [details]

original description (of Cassis undulata var. syriaca Pallary, 1938) Pallary, P. (1938). Les Mollusques marins de la Syrie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 82(1): 5-58, pls 1-2., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55670854/f8.image
page(s): 30; pl. 1 fig. 15 [details]

original description (of Phalium (Semicassis) undulatum var. pusio Bayer, 1935) Bayer, C. (1935). Catalogue of the Cassididae in Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie. Zoologische Mededeeelingen. 18; 93-120.
page(s): 107 [details]

original description (of Buccinum trifasciatum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3477 [details]

original description (of Buccinum bilineatum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3476 [details]

original description (of Cassis (Semicassis) undulata var. minor Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 297 [details]