Galeodea

Galeodea
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Quaternary
Galeodea rugosa
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • 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

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.

Fossil of Galeodea tauroglobosa

Species

Species within the genus Galeodea include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1 2 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