''Echinophoria'' is a
genus
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of large
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Cassidae
The Cassidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized, large, and sometimes very large sea snails commonly called helmet snails or bonnet snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the clade Littorinimorpha.Go ...
, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.
[Bouchet, P. (2010). Echinophoria Sacco, 1890. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415332 on 2012-06-27]
Species
Species within the genus ''Echinophoria'' include:
* ''
Echinophoria bituberculosa''
(Martens, 1901)
* ''
Echinophoria carnosa''
Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961
* ''
Echinophoria coronadoi
''Echinophoria coronadoi'' is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
Description
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(Crosse, 1867)
* † ''
Echinophoria emilyae''
(Laws, 1932) †
* † ''
Echinophoria grangei''
(Marwick, 1926)
* ''
Echinophoria hadra''
(Woodring & Olsson, 1957)
* † ''
Echinophoria intermedia''
(Brocchi, 1814)
* ''
Echinophoria kurodai''
(Abbott, 1968)
* ''
Echinophoria mozambicana''
Bozzetti, Rosado & T. Cossignani, 2010
* † ''
Echinophoria oconnori''
(Dell, 1952)
* † ''
Echinophoria oneroaensis''
(Powell, 1938)
* ''
Echinophoria pilsbryi''
(Woodring & Olsson, 1957)
* † ''
Echinophoria pollens''
(Finlay, 1926)
* † ''
Echinophoria toreuma''
(Powell, 1928)
* † ''
Echinophoria trituberculata''
(Weaver, 1912)
* ''
Echinophoria wyvillei''
Watson, 1886)
Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Echinophoria oschei'' Mühlhäusser, 1992: synonym of ''Echinophoria wyvillei'' (Watson, 1886)
References
* 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: 269-387. page(s): 363
* Verbinnen G., Segers L., Swinnen F., Kreipl K. & Monsecour D. (2016). Cassidae. An amazing family of seashells. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 251 pp
External links
Finlay H.J. (1926). New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds: Part 2. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 227-258, pls 55-60
Cassidae
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