Galeodea
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Galeodea rugosa | |
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Genus: | Galeodea Link, 1807
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Buccinum echinophorum Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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Galeodea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cassidae. [1]
Species
Species within the genus Galeodea include:
- Galeodea alcocki (E.A. Smith, 1906)
- Galeodea bituminata (K. Martin, 1933)
- Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Galeodea hoaraui Drivas & Jay, 1989
- Galeodea keyteri (Kilburn, 1975)
- Galeodea leucodoma Dall, 1907
- Galeodea maccamleyi Ponder, 1983
- Galeodea plauta Beu, 2008
- Galeodea rugosa (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Galeodea triganceae Dell, 1953
- 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 marginalba Yamamoto & Sakurai, 1977 : synonym of Galeodea bituminata (K. Martin, 1933)
- Galeodea noharai Noda, 1980 † : synonym of Galeodea bituminata (K. Martin, 1933)
- Galeodea tyrrhena (Gmelin, 1791) : synonym of Galeodea rugosa (Linnaeus, 1771)
References
- 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
- ^ 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