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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
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:
World-wide, northern New Zealand and Kermadecs
Geographical Range:
KA
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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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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