Biology:Galeodea

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Galeodea Temporal range: Cretaceous - Quaternary PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Galeodea rugosa
Scientific classification
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
Cassidaria Lamarck, 1816 Echinora Schumacher, 1817 Galeodea (Galeoocorys) Kuroda & Habe, 1957 † Galeodea (Mambrinia) J. Gardner, 1939 · accepted, alternate representation Galeoocorys Kuroda & Habe, 1957 Morio Montfort, 1810 † Taieria Finlay & Marwick, 1937

Galeodea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.

Fossil record

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.

Fossil of Galeodea tauroglobosa

Species

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

• 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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