Oocorys sulcata

Oocorys sulcata is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.

Oocorys sulcata
Shell of Oocorys sulcata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cassidae
Genus:	Oocorys
Species:	O. sulcata
Binomial name
Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1883
Synonyms
Benthodolium abyssorum Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1884 Dolium (Eudolium) aulacodes (Tomlin, 1927) (Recombination of synonym) Eudolium aulacodes Tomlin, 1927 (junior synonym) Oocorys abyssorum (Verrill & Smith, 1884) Oocorys elongata Schepman, 1909 (Junior primary homonym of Oocorys sulcata var. elongata Locard, 1897; O. schepmani is a replacement name) 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) (Recombination of synonym)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco and the Azores.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 55 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 161 m. Maximum recorded depth is 5073 m.

References

• Tomlin, J.R. le B. (1927). Reports on the marine Mollusca in the collections of the South African Museum. II. Families Abyssochrysidae, Oocorythidae, Haliotidae, Tonnidae. Annals of the South African Museum 25(1): 77–83.
• Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155
• 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. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 269-387
• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
• Verbinnen G., Segers L., Swinnen F., Kreipl K. & Monsecour D. (2016). Cassidae. An amazing family of seashells. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 251 pp
• Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289 page(s): 60
• Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.

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External links

• Fischer, P. (1884 ("1883") ). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours de l'expédition scientifique du "Talisman. Journal de Conchyliologie. 31: 391-394
• Locard, A., 1897 Mollusques testacés. In: Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, vol. 1, p. 516 p, 22 pls
• Dall, W. H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22
• Schepman M.M. (1909) The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part II. Taenioglossa and Ptenoglossa. Siboga-Expeditie, 49b: 107-231, pls. 10-16. Leiden, E.J. Brill.
• Quinn J. F. (1980). A new genus, species and subspecies of Oocorythidae from the Western Atlantic. The Nautilus 94: 149-158
• Smith, E.A. (1906). Natural history notes from R. I. M. S. Investigator. Series III., no. 10. On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. series 7, 18, 157–175, 245–264
• Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114