# Oocorys

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Oocorys grandis (MNHN-IM-2000-20182).jpeg
|image_caption = Shell of ''Oocorys grandis'' (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
|taxon = Oocorys
|authority = [Fischer](/source/Paul_Henri_Fischer), 1883 [http://www.ubio.org/NZ/detail.php?uid=136178&d=1]
|type_species = ''Oocorys sulcata'' <small>P. Fischer, 1884</small> 
|synonyms_ref = 
|synonyms=
* ''Benthodolium'' <small>Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1884</small>
* ''Hadroocorys'' <small>Quinn, 1980</small>
|display_parents=3
}}

'''''Oocorys''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of large, deepwater [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Cassidae](/source/Cassidae), the helmet snails and bonnet snails.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oocorys P. Fischer, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137748 on 2021-11-09</ref>

==Species==
Species within the genus ''Oocorys'' include:
* ''[Oocorys clericus](/source/Oocorys_clericus)'' <small>Quinn, 1980</small>
* ''[Oocorys elevata](/source/Oocorys_elevata)'' <small>Dall, 1908</small>
* ''[Oocorys grandis](/source/Oocorys_grandis)'' <small>Beu, 2008</small>
* ''[Oocorys sulcata](/source/Oocorys_sulcata)''  <small>P. Fischer, 1884</small>
* ''[Oocorys verrillii](/source/Oocorys_verrillii)'' <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Oocorys barbouri'' <small>Clench & Aguayo, 1939</small>: synonym of ''[Eucorys barbouri](/source/Eucorys_barbouri)'' <small>(Clench & Aguayo, 1939)</small> (original combination)
* ''Oocorys bartschi'' <small>Rehder, 1943</small>: synonym of ''[Eucorys bartschi](/source/Eucorys_bartschi)'' <small>(Rehder, 1943)</small> (original combination)
* ''Oocorys morrisoni'' <small>Kreipl & Alf, 2001</small>: synonym of ''Oocorys verrillii'' <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>

==References==
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{{Reflist}}
* [http://www.ubio.org/NZ/detail.php?uid=136178&d=1 Nomenclator Zoologicus info]

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Category:Cassidae
Category:Gastropod genera
Category:Taxa named by Paul Henri Fischer

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