Eudolium crosseanum

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

Eudolium crosseanum
Eudolium crosseanum shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Tonnidae
Genus:	Eudolium
Species:	E. crosseanum
Binomial name
Eudolium crosseanum (di Monterosato, 1869)[1]
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

Distribution

Barbados.

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. 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. 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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