Semicassis royana: Difference between revisions

Semicassis royana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cassidae
Genus:	Semicassis
Species:	S. royana
Binomial name
	Semicassis royana; (Iredale, 1914)
Synonyms
	Cassidea royana Iredale, 1914

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Semicassis royana is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies.

Dsecription[edit]

This species attains a size of 140 mm.

Distribution[edit]

Pacific Ocean: New Zealand.

References[edit]

Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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+{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
-{{Taxobox
+{{Speciesbox
-| name = ''Semicassis royana''
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-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| genus = Semicassis
+| species = royana
-| phylum = [[Mollusk|Mollusca]]
-| classis = [[Gastropod]]a
+| authority = ([[Tom Iredale|Iredale]], 1914)
-| ordo = [[Sorbeoconcha]]
-| familia = [[Tonnidae]]
-| subfamilia = [[Cassinae]]
-| genus = ''[[Semicassis]]''
-| species = '''''S. royana'''''
-| binomial = ''Semicassis royana''
-| binomial_authority = ([[Tom Iredale|Iredale]], 1914)
 | synonyms = ''Cassidea royana'' <small>[[Tom Iredale|Iredale]], 1914</small>
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-'''''Semicassis royana''''' is a [[species]] of very large [[predatory]] sea [[snail]], a [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]]. This species is in the [[subfamily]] [[Cassinae]], the '''helmet shells''' and '''bonnet shells''', which feed on [[sea urchin]]s.
+'''''Semicassis royana''''' is a [[species]] of medium-sized [[predation|predatory]] [[sea snail]], a [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropoda|gastropod]] [[mollusca|mollusc]] in the family [[Cassidae]], the helmet shells and their allies.
+==Dsecription==
+This species attains a size of 140 mm.
 ==Distribution==
+[[Pacific Ocean]]: [[New Zealand]].
-This species is found along the east coast of [[Northland Region|Northland]] in the [[North Island]] of [[New Zealand]], and in New Zealand's [[Kermadec Islands]].
-==Habitat==
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
-This sea snail lives at depths of between 35 and 45 [[metre|m]].
+* [[Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A. W. B.]], [[HarperCollins|William Collins Publishers Ltd]], Auckland 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q3141596}}
-==Shell description==
-The shell is very large and solid, with a tall [[spire (mollusc)|spire]], angled at the shoulder, and with two rows of blunt [[tubercle]]s, the upper row the stronger.  The outer lip has a heavy rounded smooth [[varix (mollusc)|varix]].  The inner lip callus shield is smooth and adpressed, bridging a very small [[umbilicus (mollusc)|umbilical]] cavity.
+[[Category:Cassidae]]
-==Life habits==
+[[Category:Gastropods of New Zealand]]
-At the [[Poor Knights Islands]] it is known to eat the giant heart urchin ''[[Brissus gigas]]''.
+[[Category:Gastropods described in 1914]]
-==Shell description==
-The shell coloration is light pinkish-brown, with four or five spiral bands, irregularly maculated, and crossed by meandering axial streaks of reddish-brown.  The labial varix and end of the [[siphonal canal]] is dark purplish-brown, and the callus shield is cream to orange-brown at its outer edge.
-The maximum shell height is 151 [[millimetre|mm]], and width 83 mm.
-==References==
-* [[Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A. W. B.]], [[HarperCollins|William Collins Publishers Ltd]], Auckland [[1979]] ISBN 0-00-216906-1
+{{Cassidae-stub}}
-[[Category:Tonnidae]]
-[[Category:Molluscs of New Zealand]]