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Eudolium crosseanum
Eudolium crosseanum shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Tonnidae
Genus:	Eudolium
Species:	E. crosseanum
Binomial name
Eudolium crosseanum (di Monterosato, 1869)
Synonyms
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

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

Distribution

Offshore Barbados, Lesser Antilles, as crabbed shells in deepwater traps.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 81 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 17 m. Maximum recorded depth is 914 m.

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.

External links

Media related to Eudolium crosseanum at Wikimedia Commons

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