Eudolium crosseanum

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.^[2]

Distribution

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

The maximum recorded shell length is 81 mm.^[3]

Minimum recorded depth is 17 m.^[3] Maximum recorded depth is 914 m.^[3]

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 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 .
^ ^a ^b ^c 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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