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Eucorys barbouri

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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Eucorys barbouri
Eucorys barbouri shell
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cassidae
Genus: Eucorys
Species:
E. barbouri
Binomial name
Eucorys barbouri
Clench & Aguayo, 1939
Synonyms[1]

Oocorys barbouri Clench & Aguayo, 1939 (basionym)

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Distribution

Recorded from offshore Barbados, as crabbed shells in deepwater traps.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 65 mm.[2]

Abapertural view of a shell of E. barbouri

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 238 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1829 m.[2]

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