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.
Species
Species within the genus Galeodea include:
- â Galeodea aegyptiaca <small>Oppenheim, 1906</small>
- Galeodea alcocki <small>(E. A. Smith, 1906)</small>
- â Galeodea allani <small>Finlay and Marwick, 1937</small>
- â Galeodea apodemetes <small>Marwick, 1934</small>
- Galeodea bicatenata <small>Sowerby I, 1815</small>
- Galeodea bituminata <small>(K. Martin, 1933)</small>
- â Galeodea californica <small>B. L. Clark, 1942</small>
- â Galeodea depressa <small>Buch, 1831</small>
- Galeodea echinophora <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
- â Galeodea flemingi <small>Beu & Maxwell, 1990</small>
- â Galeodea geniculosa <small>Marwick, 1942</small>
- Galeodea hoaraui <small>Drivas & Jay, 1989</small>
- Galeodea keyteri <small>(Kilburn, 1975)</small>
- Galeodea koureos <small>Gardner, 1939</small>
- Galeodea leucodoma <small>Dall, 1907</small>
- Galeodea maccamleyi <small>Ponder, 1983</small>
- â Galeodea megacephala <small>Philippi, 1843</small>
- â Galeodea modesta <small>(Suter, 1917)</small>
- â Galeodea petersoni <small>Conrad, 1854</small>
- â Galeodea planotecta <small>Meyer and Aldrich, 1886</small>
- Galeodea plauta <small>Beu, 2008</small>
- Galeodea rugosa <small>(Linnaeus, 1771)</small>
- â Galeodea senex <small>(Hutton, 1873)</small>
- â Galeodea sulcata <small>(Hutton, 1873)</small>
- â Galeodea sutterensis <small>Dickerson, 1916</small>
- â Galeodea tetratropis <small>Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2017</small>
- Galeodea triganceae <small>Dell, 1953</small>
- â Galeodea wylliei <small>Marwick, 1931</small>
Species brought into synonymy :
- Galeodea beui <small>Kreipl & Alf, 2002</small>: synonym of Galeodea alcocki <small>(E.A. Smith, 1906)</small>
- Galeodea carolimartini <small>Beets, 1943</small> â : synonym of Galeodea bituminata <small>(K. Martin, 1933)</small>
- Galeodea echinophorella <small>Habe, 1961</small>: synonym of Galeodea bituminata <small>(K. Martin, 1933)</small>
- Galeodea javana <small>(K. Martin, 1879)</small> â : synonym of Eudolium crosseanum <small>(Monterosato, 1869)</small> (Recombination of synonym)
- Galeodea marginalba <small>Yamamoto & Sakurai, 1977</small>: synonym of Galeodea bituminata <small>(K. Martin, 1933)</small>
- Galeodea nipponica <small>(Sakurai & Habe in Habe, 1961)</small>: synonym of Galeodea alcocki <small>(E. A. Smith, 1906)</small>
- Galeodea noharai <small>Noda, 1980</small> â : synonym of Galeodea bituminata <small>(K. Martin, 1933)</small>
- Galeodea postcoronata <small>Sacco, 1890</small>: synonym of Galeodea echinophora <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Galeodea susanae <small>Schenck, 1926</small> â : synonym of Galeodea sutterensis <small>Dickerson, 1916</small> âÂÂ
- Galeodea tyrrhena <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>: synonym of Galeodea rugosa <small>(Linnaeus, 1771)</small>
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, 1âÂÂ140, 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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