Galeodea
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Galeodea is a genus
Genus
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 of large sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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 gastropod mollusks in the family Cassidae.

Species

Species within the genus Galeodea include:
  • Galeodea alcocki (E.A. Smith, 1906)
  • Galeodea bituminata (K. Martin, 1933)
  • Galeodea echinophora
    Galeodea echinophora
    Galeodea echinophora is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails....

    (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Galeodea hoaraui Drivas & Jay, 1989
  • Galeodea keyteri (Kilburn, 1975)
  • Galeodea leucodoma Dall, 1907
  • Galeodea maccamleyi Ponder, 1983
  • Galeodea plauta
    Galeodea plauta
    Galeodea plauta is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails....

    Beu, 2008
  • Galeodea rugosa
    Galeodea rugosa
    Galeodea rugosa, common name : the rugose bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.-Distribution:...

    (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Galeodea triganceae
    Galeodea triganceae
    Galeodea triganceae is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails.-Shell description:The maximum shell height is 48 mm, and maximum width 31 mm.-Distribution:...

    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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