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Gastropoda: : Tonnoidea: Oocorythinae

Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1883


Range: 39.58°N to 8.19°N; 86.12°W to 0°W
Depth: 161 to 5073 m (live 1408 to 4850 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 55  mm

Synonymy

Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1883
Benthodolium abyssorum Verrill & Smith, 1884
Oocorys elongata Locard, 1897
Oocorys fischeri Locard, 1897
Oocorys minor Locard, 1897
Oocorys minor Locard, 1897
Oocorys watsoni Locard, 1897
Oocorys indica E. A. Smith, 1906
Oocorys rotunda Dall, 1908
Oocorys elongata Schepman, 1909
Oocorys weberi Schepman, 1909
Eudolium aulacodes Tomlin, 1927
Oocorys schepmani Turner, 1948
Oocorys umbilicata Quinn, 1980

Details


Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1883, p. 392-393
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Côtes du Sahara, du Sénégal, Açores, 1258-3655 m
Range: 36.09°N to 8.19°N; 82.55°W to 0°W
Depth: 161 to 5073 m (live 3047 to 4850 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 51 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina; Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Cuba: North Havana Province, Cienfuegos; St. Kitts/St. Christopher, Guadeloupe; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent, Grenada
References: Turner (1948) dN; Bayer (1971) lSEW; Bouchet & Warén (1993) DL

Benthodolium abyssorum Verrill & Smith in A. E. Verrill, 1884, p. 177-178, pl. 31, figs. 12-12b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 1098 [off Virginia]
Range: 39.58°N to 29°N; 86.12°W to 69.73°W
Depth: 309 to 4062 m (live 4062 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 45 mm
Distribution: USA: New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: West Florida
References: Verrill (1884) DLlM; Dall (1889a) dW; Turner (1948) NSE; R. I. Johnson (1989) T; Bouchet & Warén (1993) s; Beu (2008) s

Eudolium aulacodes Tomlin, 1927, 
[Synonym]
References: Beu (2008) s

Oocorys sulcata var. elongata Locard, 1897b, p. 291
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Turner (1948) s; Beu (2008) s

Oocorys elongata Schepman, 1909, 
[Synonym]
References: Beu (2008) s
Comments: Non Locard, 1897.

Oocorys fischeri Locard, 1897b, p. 291-293, pl. 15, fig. 7-9
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Several localities
References: Bouchet & Warén (1993) s; Beu (2008) s

Oocorys sulcata var. indica E. A. Smith, 1906, p. 170-171
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Investigator sta. 278, off S. of Ceylon, 1912 fathoms
Maximum Reported Size: 42.5 mm
References: E. A. Smith (1906) M; Beu (2008) s

Oocorys fischeri var. minor Locard, 1897b, p. 292-293
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
References: Locard (1897b) M; Beu (2008) s

Oocorys sulcata var. minor Locard, 1897b, p. 290-291
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 24 mm
References: Locard (1897b) M; Turner (1948) s

Oocorys rotunda Dall, 1908, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Beu (2008) s?

Oocorys schepmani Turner, 1948, 
[Synonym]
References: Beu (2008) s
Comments: New name for O. elongata Schepman, 1909, non Locard, 1897.

Oocorys umbilicata Quinn, 1980, p. 151-153, figs. 1c, 2a-b, 3-4
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Tongue of the Ocean, east of Andros Is.
Range: 33.52°N to 23.58°N; 77.3°W to 76.58°W
Depth: 366 to 2780 m (live 1408 to 1379 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 55 mm
Distribution: Bahamas: Tongue of the Ocean
References: Quinn (1980) DdLlNSEW; Bouchet & Warén (1993) s; Beu (2008) s

Oocorys watsoni Locard, 1897b, p. 290
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Bouchet & Warén (1993) s

Oocorys weberi Schepman, 1909, 
[Synonym]
References: Beu (2008) s


Partial List of References

Fischer, P. 1883. Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours de l'Expédition scientifique du Talisman (1883) Journal de Conchyliologie 31 391-394. [Stated date: 01 Oct 1883.]
Locard, A. 1897. Mollusques Testacés, tome premier Expéditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman vi + 516, 22 pls. Masson: Paris.
Quinn, J. F., Jr. 1980. A new genus, species and subspecies of Oocorythidae (Gastropoda: Tonnacea) from the Western Atlantic Nautilus 94 149-158. [Stated date: 30 Oct 1980.]
Smith, E. A. 1906. Natural history notes from R.J.M.S. 'Investigator.'--Series III., no. 10. On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)18 157-175. [Stated date: -- Sep 1906; true date: pre Sep 22.]
Verrill, A. E. 1884. Second catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 139-294, pls. 28-32.

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