Oocorys sulcata

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);

Oocorys sulcata is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.^[1]

Distribution

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

The maximum recorded shell length is 55 mm.^[2]

Minimum recorded depth is 161 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 5073 m.^[2]

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