Echinophoria coronadoi

Echinophoria coronadoi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cassidae
Genus:	Echinophoria
Species:	E. coronadoi
Binomial name
Echinophoria coronadoi (Crosse, 1867)
Synonyms
Cassis coronadoiCrosse, 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]

Crabbed shell from continental shelf, Trinidad Island, West Indies.

Distribution

This 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.

Crabbed shell from continental shelf, Trinidad Island, West Indies.

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. 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. [