Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Tonnoidea

Cassidae Latreille, 1825

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cassinae Latreille, 1825
Phaliinae Beu, 1981

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: helmet shells; helmet snails sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Helmschnecken; Sturmhauben sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: トウカムリ科

Literature

basis of record	Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July].
additional source	Riedel F. 1995. An outline of Cassoidean phylogeny (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 32(4): 97–132.
additional source	Kreipl K. 1997. Recent Cassidae. Christa Hemmen, Wiesbaden, 151 p.
additional source	Verbinnen G., Segers L., Swinnen F., Kreipl K. & Monsecour D. (2016). Cassidae. An amazing family of seashells. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 251 pp.
additional source	Abbott, R. T. (1968). The helmet shells of the world (Cassidae), Part 1. Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 2 (9): 7-201.
additional source	Iredale, T. (1927). A review of Australian helmet shells (family Cassididae — phylum Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum. 15(5): 321-354, pls 31-32.
status source	Beu, A. G. (2008). Recent deep-water Cassidae of the world. A revision of Galeodea, Oocorys, Sconsia, Echinophoria and related taxa, with new genera and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). In: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, vol. 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 196: 269-387.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cassidae Latreille, 1825. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22999