African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

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Galeomma W. Turton, 1825

Galeomma turtoni

AphiaID

138029 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138029)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Galeomma turtoni W. Turton, 1825 (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Galeommatidae J. E. Gray, 1840

Parent

Galeommatidae J. E. Gray, 1840

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Species Galeomma denticulata Deshayes, 1863
Species Galeomma turtoni W. Turton, 1825
Species Galeomma ambigua Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Lepirodes ambiguus (Deshayes, 1855)
Species Galeomma sagenata P. G. Oliver & A. M. Holmes, 2004 accepted as Galeomma denticulata Deshayes, 1863 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Turton W. (1825). Description of some new British shells. Zoological Journal, 2: 361-367, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2255625
page(s): 361 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Galeomma W. Turton, 1825. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138029 on 2026-07-28

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Galeomma W. Turton, 1825. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138029 on 2026-07-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2012-02-11 21:15:02Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-11-17 13:05:07Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

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original description Turton W. (1825). Description of some new British shells. Zoological Journal, 2: 361-367, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2255625
page(s): 361 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Gofas S. (1991). The family Galeommatidae (Bivalvia: Leptonacea) in the Eastern Atlantic. The Veliger 34(4): 344-353, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42479070 [details]

additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors