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Galeodea alcocki

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Cassidae

Scientific name
  
Galeodea alcocki

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Tonnoidea

Genus
  
Galeodea

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Cassis tessellata, Phalium areola, Galeodea echinophora

Galeodea alcocki, common name : Alcock's false tun, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.

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Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 115 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Bay of Bengal and along the Philippines.

References

Galeodea alcocki Wikipedia