Semicassis


Semicassis is a genus of medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cassinae within the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[2]

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Semicassis:

Fossils of species within this genus have been found all over the world in sediments from Eocene to Quaternary (age range: 37.2 to 0.0 million years ago).


Fossil shell of Semicassis rondoletii