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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)
> verrillii (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium (Eudolium) verrillii Dall, 1889
=Hadroocorys verrillii (Dall, 1889)
Images: Oocorys verrillii (Dall, 1889)
Holotype, collected in 1984 off Grenada, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea (USNM 87208). © Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Holotype, collected in 1984 off Grenada, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea (USNM 87208). © Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Holotype, collected in 1984 off Grenada, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea (USNM 87208). © Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CASSIDAE: CASSINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cassidae (Family)
> Cassinae (Subfamily)
> Oocorys (Genus)
> verrillii (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium (Eudolium) verrillii Dall, 1889
=Hadroocorys verrillii (Dall, 1889)
Details: Oocorys verrillii (Dall, 1889)
Size/Grows to:
Height 36mm
Distribution:
Cosmopolitan. Southern Norfolk Ridge, from 526-1570m
Type Data:
  • 135 metres, off Grenada, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea, (holotype of Dolium (Eudolium) verrillii Dall, 1889)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P., Tröndlé, J. 2012 Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia, Molluscan Research, 32(2) (p.82)
  • 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.348)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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