Echinophoria is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.

Species

Species within the genus Echinophoria include:

  • Echinophoria bituberculosa (Martens, 1901)
  • Echinophoria carnosa Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961
  • Echinophoria coronadoi (Crosse, 1867)
  • † Echinophoria emilyae (Laws, 1932) †
  • † Echinophoria grangei (Marwick, 1926)
  • Echinophoria hadra (Woodring & Olsson, 1957)
  • † Echinophoria intermedia (Brocchi, 1814)
  • Echinophoria kurodai (Abbott, 1968)
  • Echinophoria mozambicana Bozzetti, Rosado & T. Cossignani, 2010
  • † Echinophoria oconnori (Dell, 1952)
  • † Echinophoria oneroaensis (Powell, 1938)
  • Echinophoria pilsbryi (Woodring & Olsson, 1957)
  • † Echinophoria pollens (Finlay, 1926)
  • † Echinophoria toreuma (Powell, 1928)
  • † Echinophoria trituberculata (Weaver, 1912)
  • Echinophoria wyvillei Watson, 1886)

Species brought into synonymy:

  • Echinophoria oschei Mühlhäusser, 1992: synonym of Echinophoria wyvillei (Watson, 1886)
  • 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): 363
  • 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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