Echinophoria Explained

Echinophoria is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Echinophoria include:

• Echinophoria bituberculosa (Martens, 1901)
• Echinophoria carnosa Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961
• Echinophoria coronadoi (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

Notes and References

1. 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