Eudolium
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Eudolium is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of large sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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 gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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 Tonnidae
Tonnidae
Tonnidae is a family of medium-sized to very large sea snails, known as the tun shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha and the clade Littorinimorpha.- Taxonomy :...

, the tun shells.

Species

Species within the genus Eudolium include:
  • Eudolium bairdii
    Eudolium bairdii
    Eudolium bairdii is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....

    (Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1881)
  • Eudolium crosseanum
    Eudolium crosseanum
    Eudolium crosseanum is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....

    (di Monterosato, 1869)
  • Eudolium pyriforme
    Eudolium pyriforme
    Eudolium pyriforme, common name the false tun shell, is a species of large, rare, deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun snails....

    (Sowerby, 1914)

Species brought into synonymuy :
  • Eudolium aulacodes Tomlin, 1927 : synonym of Oocorys sulcata
    Oocorys sulcata
    Oocorys sulcata is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails....

    P. Fischer, 1884
  • Eudolium inflatum Kuroda & Habe, 1952 : synonym of Eudolium bairdii (Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1881)
  • Eudolium kuroharai Azuma, 1960 : synonym of Eudolium bairdii (Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1881)
  • Eudolium lineatum Osima, 1943 : synonym of Eudolium bairdii (Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1881)
  • Eudolium thompsoni McGinty, 1955 : synonym of Eudolium crosseanum (di Monterosato, 1869)
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