Galeodea
| Galeodea Temporal range:
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| Galeodea rugosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Cassidae |
| Genus: | Galeodea Link, 1807 |
| Type species | |
| Buccinum echinophorum (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Galeodea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.[1]
Fossil record[edit]
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Cretaceous period to the Quaternary period (age range: from 99.7 to 0.126 million years ago.). Fossil shells within this genus have been found all over the world.[2]
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Galeodea include:
- † Galeodea aegyptiaca Oppenheim, 1906
- Galeodea alcocki (E. A. Smith, 1906)
- † Galeodea allani Finlay and Marwick, 1937
- †Galeodea apodemetes Marwick, 1934
- Galeodea bicatenata Sowerby I, 1815
- Galeodea bituminata (K. Martin, 1933)
- † Galeodea californica B. L. Clark, 1942
- † Galeodea depressa Buch, 1831
- Galeodea echinophora Linnaeus, 1758
- † Galeodea flemingi Beu & Maxwell, 1990
- † Galeodea geniculosa Marwick, 1942
- Galeodea hoaraui Drivas & Jay, 1989
- Galeodea keyteri (Kilburn, 1975)
- Galeodea koureos Gardner, 1939
- Galeodea leucodoma Dall, 1907
- Galeodea maccamleyi Ponder, 1983
- † Galeodea megacephala Philippi, 1843
- † Galeodea modesta (Suter, 1917)
- † Galeodea petersoni Conrad, 1854
- † Galeodea planotecta Meyer and Aldrich, 1886
- Galeodea plauta Beu, 2008
- Galeodea rugosa (Linnaeus, 1771)
- † Galeodea senex (Hutton, 1873)
- † Galeodea sulcata (Hutton, 1873)
- † Galeodea sutterensis Dickerson, 1916
- † Galeodea tetratropis Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2017
- Galeodea triganceae Dell, 1953
- †Galeodea wylliei Marwick, 1931
- Species brought into synonymy
- Galeodea beui Kreipl & Alf, 2002: synonym of Galeodea alcocki (E.A. Smith, 1906)
- Galeodea carolimartini Beets, 1943 † : synonym of Galeodea bituminata (K. Martin, 1933)
- Galeodea echinophorella Habe, 1961: synonym of Galeodea bituminata (K. Martin, 1933)
- Galeodea javana (K. Martin, 1879) †: synonym of Eudolium crosseanum (Monterosato, 1869) (Recombination of synonym)
- Galeodea marginalba Yamamoto & Sakurai, 1977: synonym of Galeodea bituminata (K. Martin, 1933)
- Galeodea nipponica (Sakurai & Habe in Habe, 1961): synonym of Galeodea alcocki (E. A. Smith, 1906)
- Galeodea noharai Noda, 1980 † : synonym of Galeodea bituminata (K. Martin, 1933)
- Galeodea postcoronata Sacco, 1890: synonym of Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Galeodea susanae Schenck, 1926 †: synonym of Galeodea sutterensis Dickerson, 1916 †
- Galeodea tyrrhena (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Galeodea rugosa (Linnaeus, 1771)
References[edit]
- ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137747 on 2011-02-23
- ^ Paleobiology Database
- Finlay, H. J.; Marwick, J. (1937). The Wangaloan and associated molluscan faunas of Kaitangata-Green Island subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Palæontological Bulletin. 15, 1–140, 18 pls.
- 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
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