Galeodea alcocki

Galeodea alcocki
	Shell of Galeodea alcocki (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Cassidae
Genus:	Galeodea
Species:	G. alcocki
Binomial name
	Galeodea alcocki; (E.A. Smith, 1906)
Synonyms
	Galeoda beui Kreipl & Alf, 2002; Galeoocorys nipponica Sakurai & Habe [in Habe], 1961; Morio alcocki E.A. Smith, 1906 (basionym); Oocorys alcocki (E.A. Smith, 1906);

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.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 115 mm

This marine species occurs in the Bay of Bengal and off the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.

^ ^a ^b Galeodea alcocki Kreipl & Alf, 2002. WoRMS (2010). Galeodea beui Kreipl & Alf, 2002. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=554890 on 23 February 2011 .

Kreipl K. & Alf A. (2002) A new species of Galeodea Link, 1807 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cassidae) from the Philippine Islands. Novapex 3(2-3): 83-85
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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