WoRMS taxon details
Semicassis royana (Iredale, 1914)
591487 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:591487)
accepted
Species
Cassidea royana Iredale, 1914 · unaccepted (original combination)
Semicassis (Semicassis) royana (Iredale, 1914) · alternative representation
Xenophalium ericanum A. W. B. Powell, 1928 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Xenophalium hedleyi Iredale, 1927 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cassidea royana Iredale, 1914) Iredale, T. (1914). Description of a new species of Cassidea. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11: 179-180.
page(s): 180 [details]
page(s): 180 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - non-endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Semicassis royana (Iredale, 1914). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591487 on 2025-04-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Xenophalium hedleyi Iredale, 1927) Iredale, T. (1927). A review of Australian helmet shells (family Cassididae — phylum Mollusca). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 15(5): 321-354, pls 31-32., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Iredale-1927-Rec-Aust-Mus-155-321354
page(s): 333-334, pl 31, figs 4-5 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Xenophalium ericanum A. W. B. Powell, 1928) Powell, A. W. B. (1928). The recent and Tertiary cassids of New Zealand and a study in hybridisation. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 59: 629-642., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1928-59.2.6.16
page(s): 639 [details]
original description (of Cassidea royana Iredale, 1914) Iredale, T. (1914). Description of a new species of Cassidea. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11: 179-180.
page(s): 180 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
page(s): 333-334, pl 31, figs 4-5 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Xenophalium ericanum A. W. B. Powell, 1928) Powell, A. W. B. (1928). The recent and Tertiary cassids of New Zealand and a study in hybridisation. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 59: 629-642., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1928-59.2.6.16
page(s): 639 [details]
original description (of Cassidea royana Iredale, 1914) Iredale, T. (1914). Description of a new species of Cassidea. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11: 179-180.
page(s): 180 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
