| Oocorys grandis | |
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| Shell of Oocorys grandis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cassidae |
| Genus: | Oocorys |
| Species: | O. grandis |
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| Oocorys grandis Beu, 2008 | |
Oocorys grandis is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.
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
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Distribution
The holotype was found in the Central Indian Ocean at depths between 2953 m and 4660 m.
References
- Beu (2008). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196 : 269-387. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- 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
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