Eudolium crosseanum

Eudolium crosseanum
Eudolium crosseanum shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tonnidae
Genus: Eudolium
Species:
E. crosseanum
Binomial name
Eudolium crosseanum
Synonyms[2]

Cassidaria javana Martin, 1879
Doliopsis crosseana di Monterosato, 1872
Dolium crosseanum di Monterosato, 1869
Dolium pyriforme G. B. Sowerby III, 1914
Eudolium thompsoni McGinty, 1955

Eudolium crosseanum is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[2]

Distribution

Offshore Barbados, Lesser Antilles, as crabbed shells in deepwater traps.

Description

Abapertural view of a shell of E. crosseanum

The maximum recorded shell length is 81 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 17 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 914 m.[3]

References

  1. ^ Monterosato T. A. (di) (1869 (1 luglio)). Description d'un Dolium méditerranéen nouveau. Journal de Conchyliologie 17 (3): 228-230, pl. 12, fig. 1. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b Eudolium crosseanum (di Monterosato, 1869). Vos, C. (2009). Eudolium crosseanum (di Monterosato, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160308 on 9 July 2010 .
  3. ^ a b c 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.

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