Echinophoria coronadoi is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[1]
Echinophoria coronadoi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cassidae |
Genus: | Echinophoria |
Species: | E. coronadoi
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Binomial name | |
Echinophoria coronadoi (Crosse, 1867)
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Synonyms | |
Cassis coronadoi Crosse, 1867 (basionym) |
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. On the continental shelf near Trinidad Isl., crabbed shells of this sp. are sometimes caught in fish traps at 100 m. depth.
Description
editHabitat
editMinimum recorded depth is 33 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 275 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ 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 .
- ^ a b c 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.
- 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): 369
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [