Galeodea

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Tonnoidea Scientific name Galeodea Rank Genus		Class Gastropoda Family Cassidae Phylum Mollusca

Similar Galeodea echinophora, Galeodea rugosa, Phalium, Semicassis, Cassidae

Galeodea echinophora

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

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)

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