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

Galeomma turtoni W. Turton, 1825

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Galeomma*	W. Turton, 1825	accepted genus name
*Parthenope*	Scacchi, 1833	junior homonym

Species group names

*Galeomma pileum*	Brusina, 1866	synonym
*Parthenope formosa*	Scacchi, 1833	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Turton's weasel-eye sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Turtons Wieselauge

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	Popham, M. L. (1940). The mantle cavity of some of the Erycinidae, Montacutidae and Galeommatidae with special reference to the ciliary mechanisms. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 24(2): 549-587.
additional source	Gofas S. (1991). The family Galeommatidae (Bivalvia: Leptonacea) in the Eastern Atlantic. The Veliger 34(4): 344-353
additional source	Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218.
additional source	Gittenberger, E. (1991). The authorship of the species group name Galeomma turtoni (Bivalvia: Galeommatacea). Basteria. 55 (1-3): 89.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Galeomma turtoni 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:140017