Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Tonnoidea > Family Cassidae > Subfamily Cassinae > Genus Oocorys

Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1884

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oocorys*	P. Fischer, 1884	accepted genus name
*Benthodolium*	A. E. Verrill, 1884	synonym

Species group names

*Benthodolium abyssorum*	A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1884	synonym
*Oocorys fischeri*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Oocorys fischeri var. minor*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Oocorys sulcata var. elongata*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Oocorys sulcata var. minor*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Oocorys umbilicata*	Quinn, 1980	synonym
*Oocorys watsoni*	Locard, 1897	synonym

Literature

original description	Fischer, P. (1884 ["1883"]). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours de l'expédition scientifique du "Talisman. Journal de Conchyliologie. 31: 391-394.
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. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 196: 269-387.
additional source	Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
additional source	Kilburn R.N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae.. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(2):577-622, figs. 1-25.
additional source	Verbinnen G., Segers L., Swinnen F., Kreipl K. & Monsecour D. (2016). Cassidae. An amazing family of seashells. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 251 pp.
additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1884. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139025