Echinophoria Trituberculata
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''Echinophoria'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of large
sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
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Cassidae The Cassidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized, large, and sometimes very large sea snails commonly called helmet snails or bonnet snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the clade Littorinimorpha.Gofas ...
, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.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


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
Cassidae {{Cassidae-stub