Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Galeommatida > Superfamily Galeommatoidea > Family Galeommatidae

Galeomma W. Turton, 1825

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Parthenope*	Scacchi, 1833	junior homonym; nom. inval.

Children

Galeomma turtoni W. Turton, 1825

Literature

original description	Turton W. (1825). Description of some new British shells. Zoological Journal, 2: 361-367
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.
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.
additional source	Gofas S. (1991). The family Galeommatidae (Bivalvia: Leptonacea) in the Eastern Atlantic. The Veliger 34(4): 344-353

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Galeomma W. Turton, 1825. 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:138029