''Galeodea'' is a
genus
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of large
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
s in the subfamily Cassinae of the family
Cassidae.
[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]
Fossil record
This genus is known in the fossil record from the
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...
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.
Paleobiology Database
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Species
Species within the genus ''Galeodea'' include:
* † '' Galeodea aegyptiaca'' Oppenheim, 1906
* ''Galeodea alcocki
''Galeodea alcocki'', common name : Alcock's false tun, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.
Description
The shell size varies between 50 mm and 115&n ...
'' (E. A. Smith, 1906)
* † '' Galeodea allani'' Finlay and Marwick, 1937
* †'' Galeodea apodemetes'' Marwick, 1934
* ''Galeodea bicatenata
''Galeodea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespe ...
'' Sowerby I, 1815
* '' Galeodea bituminata'' (K. Martin, 1933)
* † ''Galeodea californica
''Galeodea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespe ...
'' B. L. Clark, 1942
* † ''Galeodea depressa
''Galeodea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marine ...
'' Buch, 1831
* ''Galeodea echinophora
''Galeodea echinophora'', the spiny bonnet or helmet shell, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.
The fossil record of this species dates back from the Mioce ...
'' Linnaeus, 1758
* † ''Galeodea flemingi
''Galeodea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http ...
'' Beu & Maxwell, 1990
* † ''Galeodea geniculosa
''Galeodea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespe ...
'' Marwick, 1942
* ''Galeodea hoaraui
''Galeodea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespe ...
'' Drivas & Jay, 1989
* ''Galeodea keyteri
''Galeodea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespe ...
'' (Kilburn, 1975)
* ''Galeodea koureos
''Galeodea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespe ...
'' Gardner, 1939
* ''Galeodea leucodoma
''Galeodea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespe ...
'' Dall, 1907
* ''Galeodea maccamleyi
''Galeodea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespe ...
'' Ponder, 1983
* † ''Galeodea megacephala
''Galeodea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespe ...
'' Philippi, 1843
* † ''Galeodea modesta
''Galeodea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespe ...
'' (Suter, 1917)
* † '' Galeodea petersoni'' Conrad, 1854
* † '' Galeodea planotecta'' Meyer and Aldrich, 1886
* '' Galeodea plauta'' Beu, 2008
* ''Galeodea rugosa
''Galeodea rugosa'', common name : the rugose bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.
Description
The shell size varies between 50 mm and 140&nbs ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1771)
* † ''Galeodea senex
''Galeodea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespe ...
'' (Hutton, 1873)
* † ''Galeodea sulcata
''Galeodea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marine ...
'' (Hutton, 1873)
* † ''Galeodea sutterensis
''Galeodea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marine ...
'' Dickerson, 1916
* † ''Galeodea tetratropis
''Galeodea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marine ...
'' Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2017
* ''Galeodea triganceae
''Galeodea triganceae'' is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,0 ...
'' Dell, 1953
* †''Galeodea wylliei
''Galeodea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marine ...
'' 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
''Eudolium crosseanum'' is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.
Distribution
Barbados.
Description
The maximum recorded shell
Shell may refer to:
Architecture and design
* Shell (s ...
'' (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
* 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
External links
Link D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock: Adlers Erben.
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