Mozambique Shells | Species detail

Shell ID:

Species:

Semicassis bulla fernandesi

Family:

Cassidae Swainson, 1832

Author, Year:

(Kilburn, 1975)

Dimensions min-max (mm):

55-90 mm

Occurrence area:

South (Xai Xai)

Depth:

110-270 m

Notes:

This sp. was described by R. N. Kilburn as a subspecies of Semicassis glabrata (Dunker, 1852). Type locality: off Xai Xai (Moçambique). Usually caught in lobster traps.

Last update:

2016-04-03 15:01:25

Bibliographic records [2]

Kurt Kreipl; Dora Jägle (Drawings) (1997). "Recent Cassidae". Wiesbaden, Verlag Christa Hemmen, 151 p
R. N. Kilburn. "Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca : 5 : including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae" In: Annals of the Natal Museum. - Vol 22, 2 (1975), pp. 577-622

Shell owner:

Isabel Leitão

Photographer:

A. Roxo Leão

Date taken:

2015-10-15 11:22

Camera:

Canon EOS 1200D

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Last update:

2015-10-22 10:21:09

Shell owner:

Isabel Leitão

Photographer:

A. Roxo Leão

Date taken:

2015-10-15 11:15

Camera:

Canon EOS 1200D

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Last update:

2016-07-21 20:00:35

Shell owner:

Isabel Leitão

Photographer:

A. Roxo Leão

Date taken:

2015-10-15 11:08

Camera:

Canon EOS 1200D

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Last update:

2015-10-22 10:23:15

Shell owner:

Isabel Leitão

Photographer:

A. Roxo Leão

Date taken:

2015-10-15 11:10

Camera:

Canon EOS 1200D

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Last update:

2016-05-01 15:29:42

Shell owner:

Isabel Leitão

Photographer:

A. Roxo Leão

Date taken:

2015-10-15 11:12

Camera:

Canon EOS 1200D

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2016-07-21 20:01:08

Species detail - Semicassis bulla fernandesi (Kilburn, 1975)

Bibliographic records [2]