Echinophoria coronadoi is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. On the continental shelf near Trinidad Isl., crabbed shells of this sp. are sometimes caught in fish traps at 100 m. depth.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 120.8 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 33 m. Maximum recorded depth is 275 m.
References
- 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., Cowie R.H. & Bouchet P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 269-387. page(s): 369
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. GarcÃÂa. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579âÂÂ699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of MexicoâÂÂOrigins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [