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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CASSIDAE: CASSINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cassidae (Family)
> Cassinae (Subfamily)
> Oocorys (Genus)
> sulcata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Benthodolium abyssorum Verrill & S. Smith, 1884
=Dolium (Eudolium) aulacodes (Tomlin, 1927)
=Eudolium aulacodes Tomlin, 1927
=Oocorys abyssorum (Verrill & S. Smith, 1884)
=Oocorys elongata Schepman, 1909
=Oocorys fischeri Locard, 1897
=Oocorys fischeri var. minor Locard, 1897
=Oocorys rotunda Dall, 1908
=Oocorys schepmani R.D. Turner, 1948
=Oocorys sulcata var. elongata Locard, 1897
=Oocorys sulcata var. indica E.A. Smith, 1906
=Oocorys sulcata var. minor Locard, 1897
=Oocorys umbilicata Quinn, 1980
=Oocorys watsoni Locard, 1897
=Oocorys weberi Schepman, 1909
=Tonna (Eudolium) aulacodes (Tomlin, 1927)
Images: Oocorys sulcata Fischer, 1884
Lectotype - North Atlantic Ocean. 36.6mm. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Off Hawkes Bay, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CASSIDAE: CASSINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cassidae (Family)
> Cassinae (Subfamily)
> Oocorys (Genus)
> sulcata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Benthodolium abyssorum Verrill & S. Smith, 1884
=Dolium (Eudolium) aulacodes (Tomlin, 1927)
=Eudolium aulacodes Tomlin, 1927
=Oocorys abyssorum (Verrill & S. Smith, 1884)
=Oocorys elongata Schepman, 1909
=Oocorys fischeri Locard, 1897
=Oocorys fischeri var. minor Locard, 1897
=Oocorys rotunda Dall, 1908
=Oocorys schepmani R.D. Turner, 1948
=Oocorys sulcata var. elongata Locard, 1897
=Oocorys sulcata var. indica E.A. Smith, 1906
=Oocorys sulcata var. minor Locard, 1897
=Oocorys umbilicata Quinn, 1980
=Oocorys watsoni Locard, 1897
=Oocorys weberi Schepman, 1909
=Tonna (Eudolium) aulacodes (Tomlin, 1927)
Details: Oocorys sulcata Fischer, 1884
Size/Grows to:
Height 55mm, Width 35mm
Distribution:
Cosmopolitan. Lord Howe Rise, W of Three Kings Islands and off Cape Runaway
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P., Tröndlé, J. 2012 Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia, Molluscan Research, 32(2) (p.82)
  • Rex, M.A., Stuart, C.T., Etter, R.J., McClain, C.R. 2010 Biogeography of the Deep-Sea Gastropod Oocorys sulcata Fischer 1884, Journal of Conchology, 40(3) (p.287)
  • 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., Cowie, R.H. & Bouchet, P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 196 (p.342)

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Land
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Recent
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Subfossil
Fo =
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