Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Tonnoidea > Family Cassidae > Subfamily Cassinae

Galeodea Link, 1807

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cassidaria*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Echinora*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym
*Morio*	Montfort, 1810	synonym

Children

Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758)
Galeodea rugosa (Linnaeus, 1771)

Literature

original description	Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 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].
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Galeodea Link, 1807. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137747