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Galeodea Link, 1807

Galeodea echinophora

AphiaID

137747 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137747)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Buccinum echinophorum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Cassinae Latreille, 1825

Original name

Galeodea Link, 1807

Synonymised names

Cassidaria Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Cassidaria (Galeodea) Link, 1807 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Cassidea (Cassidaria) Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Echinora Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Galeodea (Caliagaleodea) B. L. Clark, 1942 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Galeodea (Galeodea) Link, 1807 · alternative representation

Galeodea (Galeoocorys) Kuroda & T. Habe, 1957 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Galeodea (Mambrina) Garvie, 1996 † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Galeodea (Mambrinia) J. A. Gardner, 1939 † · alternative representation

Galeodea (Taieria) Finlay & Marwick, 1937 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Galeoocorys Kuroda & T. Habe, 1957 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Morio Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Morio (Galeodea) Link, 1807 · unaccepted > superseded rank (Galeodea has priority over Morio)

Morio (Morio) Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Taieria Finlay & Marwick, 1937 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Galeodea alcocki (E. A. Smith, 1906)
Species Galeodea anhduongae Thach, 2025
Species Galeodea bituminata (K. Martin, 1933)
Species Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Galeodea hoaraui Drivas & M. Jay, 1989
Species Galeodea keyteri (Kilburn, 1975)
Species Galeodea leucodoma Dall, 1907
Species Galeodea maccamleyi Ponder, 1983
Species Galeodea phanriensis Thach, 2025
Species Galeodea plauta Beu, 2008
Species Galeodea rugosa (Linnaeus, 1771)
Species Galeodea triganceae Dell, 1953
Subgenus Galeodea (Galeoocorys) Kuroda & T. Habe, 1957 accepted as Galeodea Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subgenus Galeodea (Sconsia) J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Sconsia J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Species Galeodea beui Kreipl & Alf, 2002 accepted as Galeodea alcocki (E. A. Smith, 1906)
Species Galeodea echinophorella T. Habe, 1961 accepted as Galeodea bituminata (K. Martin, 1933) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Galeodea marginalba A. Yamamoto & Sakurai, 1977 accepted as Galeodea bituminata (K. Martin, 1933) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Galeodea nipponica (Sakurai & T. Habe, 1961) accepted as Galeodea alcocki (E. A. Smith, 1906) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Galeodea phanriense Thach, 2025 accepted as Galeodea phanriensis Thach, 2025 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Species Galeodea postcoronata Sacco, 1890 accepted as Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Galeodea tyrrhena (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Galeodea rugosa (Linnaeus, 1771) (junior synonym)
Subgenus Galeodea (Galeodea) Link, 1807 represented as Galeodea Link, 1807

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 113 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Galeodea Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137747 on 2026-02-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-20 08:13:00Z

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Wambiji, Nina

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

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Martinez, Olga

2009-04-24 18:07:06Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-12-10 07:07:28Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-01-15 07:50:16Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-10-07 05:36:16Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 113 [details]

original description (of Morio Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 478 [details]

original description (of Cassidaria Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278 [details]

original description (of Echinora Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]

original description (of Galeoocorys Kuroda & T. Habe, 1957) Kuroda, T. & Habe, T. (1957). On a new genus of the family Oocoryidae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 6: 27-29., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/174575 [details]

original description (of Taieria Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †) 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.
page(s): 67 [details]

original description (of Galeodea (Mambrina) Garvie, 1996 †) Garvie, C. L. (1996). The molluscan macrofauna of the Reklaw Formation, Marquez Member (Eocene: Lower Claibornian), in Texas. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 111(352): 1-177., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28879107
page(s): 61 [details]

original description (of Galeodea (Caliagaleodea) B. L. Clark, 1942 †) Clark, B. L. (1942). New Middle Eocene gastropods from California. Journal of Paleontology. 16(1):116-119., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/1298799
page(s): 118 [details]

basis of record 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. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, vol. 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 196: 269-387. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors