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Cassis flammea

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy

Buccinum flammeum was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cassidea flammea by Bruguiére (1792); it was recombined as Cassis flammea by Olsson (1922), Beu (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. abbreviatus, C. achatina, C. ambigua, C. calentica, C. elegans, C. globosa, C. inornatus, C. jameshoubricki, C. mammilaris, C. mombasana, C. nilotica, C. postmamillaris, C. schnirei, C. striata, C. sulcata, C. tessellata, C. testiculus, C. togata, C. umbgrovei, C. undulata, C. postmamillaris, C. salisburyensis, C. saburon, C. strigata

Synonyms

Cassis alba was named by Perry (1811). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cassis flammea by Beu (2010).
Cassis marmorata was named by Röding (1798). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cassis flammea by Beu (2010).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Buccinum flammeum Linnaeus p. 736
1792	Cassidea flammea Bruguiére p. 429
1798	Cassis marmorata Röding p. 29
1811	Cassis alba Perry figs. pl. 33, fig. 2
1922	Cassis flammea Olsson p. 135
2010	Cassis flammea Beu p. 216

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
superfamily	Tonnoidea	(Suter 1913)
family	Cassidae	Latreille 1825
subfamily	Cassinae	Latreille 1825
genus	Cassis	Scopoli 1777
species	flammea	(Linnaeus 1758)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cassis flammea Linnaeus 1758

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Invalid names: Cassis alba Perry 1811 [synonym], Cassis marmorata Röding 1798 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 07:59:15

Modified:

2009-09-10 09:59:15

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Venezuela	Cassis flammea (131317)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	Venezuela	Cassis flammea (131363)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	Dominican Republic	Cassis flammea (136271)