Deep-Sea taxon details
Oocorys P. Fischer, 1884
137748 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137748)
accepted
Genus
Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1884 (type by monotypy)
Benthodolium A. E. Verrill, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Oocorys elevata Dall, 1908
- Species Oocorys grandis Beu, 2008
- Species Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1884
- Species Oocorys verrillii (Dall, 1889)
- Species Oocorys abyssorum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1884) accepted as Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Oocorys barbouri Clench & Aguayo, 1939 accepted as Eucorys barbouri (Clench & Aguayo, 1939) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Oocorys bartschi Rehder, 1943 accepted as Eucorys bartschi (Rehder, 1943) (original combination)
- Species Oocorys elongata Schepman, 1909 accepted as Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1884 (Junior primary homonym of Oocorys sulcata var. elongata Locard, 1897; O. schepmani is a replacement name)
- Species Oocorys fischeri Locard, 1897 accepted as Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1884
- Species Oocorys lineata (Schepman, 1909) accepted as Eudolium bairdii (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1881) (Recombined synonym)
- Species Oocorys rotunda Dall, 1908 accepted as Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1884
- Species Oocorys schepmani R. D. Turner, 1948 accepted as Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1884
- Species Oocorys umbilicata Quinn, 1980 accepted as Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1884
- Species Oocorys watsoni Locard, 1897 accepted as Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1884
- Species Oocorys weberi Schepman, 1909 accepted as Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1884
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Fischer, P. (1884 ["1883"]). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours de l'expédition scientifique du "Talisman. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 31: 391-394., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15857414
page(s): 392 [details]
page(s): 392 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Oocorys P. Fischer, 1884. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137748 on 2026-05-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Oocorys P. Fischer, 1884. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137748 on 2026-05-09
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original description
Fischer, P. (1884 ["1883"]). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours de l'expédition scientifique du "Talisman. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 31: 391-394., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15857414
page(s): 392 [details]
original description (of Benthodolium A. E. Verrill, 1884) 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. <i>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences</i>, 6(1): 139-294, pl. 28-32, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477234
page(s): 177 [details]
basis of record 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. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, vol. 25. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 196: 269-387. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 332 [details] Available for editors
additional source Verbinnen G., Segers L., Swinnen F., Kreipl K. & Monsecour D. (2016). <i>Cassidae. An amazing family of seashells.</i> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 251 pp. [details]
page(s): 392 [details]
original description (of Benthodolium A. E. Verrill, 1884) 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. <i>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences</i>, 6(1): 139-294, pl. 28-32, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477234
page(s): 177 [details]
basis of record 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. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, vol. 25. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 196: 269-387. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 332 [details] Available for editors
additional source Verbinnen G., Segers L., Swinnen F., Kreipl K. & Monsecour D. (2016). <i>Cassidae. An amazing family of seashells.</i> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 251 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
