Gastropoda - Tonnoidea - Cassidae

Alternative combination: Cassis monilifera

Belongs to Semicassis according to D. Frassinetti 2001

Sister taxa: Cassidea (Semicassis) calantica, Cassidea (Semicassis) mekranica, Cassidea (Semicassis) ormarensis, Semicassis (Semicassis), Semicassis aldrichi, Semicassis angasi, Semicassis bisulcata, Semicassis centiquadrata, Semicassis deneseplicata, Semicassis faurotis, Semicassis granulata, Semicassis harpaeformis, Semicassis labiata, Semicassis oligocalantica, Semicassis ovulum, Semicassis pyrum, Semicassis pyshtensis, Semicassis reclusa, Semicassis sculpta, Semicassis senni, Semicassis (Tylocassis) miolaevigata, Semicassis (Tylocassis) maleaformis, Phalium (Tylocassis) sulcosum

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore