Is Semicassis cicatricosa (Gmelin, 1791) Tonnoidea: Tonnidae: Cassinae a valid biotaxon?

摘要

Elucidating the status of this western Atlantic bonnet shell is like peeling an onion. There are layers upon layers of complexities, and as each one is removed, it can serve as a tender morsel of the process of taxonomy or nomenclature, which the mind can savor.