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