Galeodea

Galeodea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.[1]

Galeodea
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Quaternary
Galeodea rugosa
Scientific classification
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[1]
  • 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

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.[2]

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
  1. 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
  2. Paleobiology Database
  • 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



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