Oocorys

Oocorys
Shell of Oocorys grandis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Cassidae
Genus:	Oocorys Fischer, 1883
Type species
Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1884
Synonyms
Benthodolium Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1884 Hadroocorys Quinn, 1980

Oocorys is a genus of large, deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.

Species

Species within the genus Oocorys include:

• Oocorys clericus Quinn, 1980
• Oocorys elevata Dall, 1908
• Oocorys grandis Beu, 2008
• Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1884
• Oocorys verrillii (Dall, 1889)

Species brought into synonymy

• Oocorys barbouri Clench & Aguayo, 1939: synonym of Eucorys barbouri (Clench & Aguayo, 1939) (original combination)
• Oocorys bartschi Rehder, 1943: synonym of Eucorys bartschi (Rehder, 1943) (original combination)
• Oocorys morrisoni Kreipl & Alf, 2001: synonym of Oocorys verrillii (Dall, 1889)

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