Semicassis bisulcata, common name: the Japanese bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[2]
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| Five views of a shell of Semicassis bisulcata var. booleyi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cassidae |
| Genus: | Semicassis |
| Species: | S. bisulcata
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| Semicassis bisulcata (Schubert, H.G. & A.J. Wagner, 1829)
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Description edit
The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 85 mm. They are carnivorous and mainly feed on other smaller marine gastropods like Umbonium vestiarium.[3]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific.
References edit
- ^ "Semicassis (Semicassis) bisulcata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ^ Semicassis bisulcata. WoRMS (2009). Semicassis bisulcata. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id= 578275 on 4 December 2012 .
- ^ "Japanese bonnet snail (Semicassis bisulcata)".
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
External links edit
Media related to Semicassis bisulcata at Wikimedia Commons
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