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Cassidae
Semicassis bisulcata
(Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829)
Shell: moderately small to medium, ranging from 33-64 mm.
Specimens
forma: japonica (Reeve, 1848)
Gold Coast, Australia
Size: 61.3mm Collected: 2003
On sand and mud 90-100 m depth Taken by prawn trawlers.
Fraser Is, Australia
Size: 47mm Collected: 2012
Trawled from 120m depth.
Cape Moreton, Australia
Size: 61mm Collected: 2016
Trawled from 117 m [65 fthms]. Collected February 2016
Sandy Cape, Australia
Size: 60mm Collected: Unknown
trawled
Ella Bay, Australia
Size: 38mm Collected: 2016
Trawled
forma: diuturna (Iredale, 1927)
Ramsay Bay, Australia
Size: mm Collected: 2016
No data.
forma: persimilis Kira, 1955
Hummock Hill Island, Australia
Size: 53.5mm Collected: Unknown
Trawled
Ramsay Bay, Australia
Size: mm Collected: 2016
No data.
Gladstone, Australia
Size: 33mm Collected: Unknown
Trawled
Tin Can Bay, Australia
Size: 55mm Collected: Unknown
Trawled from 117m [65 fthms]
forma: diuturna (Iredale, 1927)
Cassini Island, Australia
Size: 53.3mm Collected: Unknown
On sand at night. 25-35 metres depth. Taken by diver.
forma: booleyi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
Nocnocan Island, Philippines
Size: 53.9mm Collected: 2016
taken by diver in 20m collected December 2016
forma: Pila (Reeve, 1844)
Bohol, Philippines
Size: 45.5mm Collected: Unknown
taken in tangle nets
forma: japonica
Mikawa Bay, Japan
Size: 64mm Collected: Unknown
Trawled from 30-50m.
Parangipettai, India
Size: 49.7mm Collected: Unknown
On sandy mud 24-40 metres depth. Trawled by local shrimp boats.