Oocorys grandis

Oocorys grandis
Shell of Oocorys grandis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cassidae
Genus:	Oocorys
Species:	O. grandis
Binomial name
Oocorys grandis Beu, 2008[1]

Oocorys grandis is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 103 mm.

The color of the shell is a baige white with the inside having a dark orange color

Distribution

The holotype was found in the Central Indian Ocean at depths between 2953 m and 4660 m.

References

1. Beu (2008). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196 : 269-387. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 14 August 2010.
2. Oocorys grandis Beu, 2008. WoRMS (2010). Oocorys grandis Beu, 2008. 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=456847 on 14 August 2010 .

• 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. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 269-387.
• Verbinnen G., Segers L., Swinnen F., Kreipl K. & Monsecour D. (2016). Cassidae. An amazing family of seashells. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 251 pp