Galeodea

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon = Galeodea |fossil_range = {{fossil range|99.7|0.126|Cretaceous - Quaternary}} |image = Galeodea rugosa 001.jpg |image_caption = ''Galeodea rugosa'' |authority = Link, 1807 | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | 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 | type_species = ''Buccinum echinophorum'' (Linnaeus, 1758) |display_parents= 3 }}

'''''Galeodea''''' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cassinae of the family Cassidae.<ref name="WoRMS">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</ref>

==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.<ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9878 Paleobiology Database]</ref>

thumb|240px|right|Fossil of ''Galeodea tauroglobosa''

==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 == {{Reflist}} * 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== {{Commons}} {{Wikispecies}} * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 Link D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock: Adlers Erben.]

Category:Galeodea