Echinophoria coronadoi

Echinophoria coronadoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cassidae
Genus: Echinophoria
Species: E. coronadoi
Binomial name
Echinophoria coronadoi
(Crosse, 1867)
Synonyms

Cassis coronadoi Crosse, 1867 (basionym)

Echinophoria coronadoi is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 120.8 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 33 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 275 m.[2]

References

  1. Echinophoria coronadoi (Crosse, 1867). WoRMS (2010). Echinophoria coronadoi (Crosse, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419779 on 14 August 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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