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

Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Galeodea*	Link, 1807	accepted genus name
*Cassidaria*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Echinora*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym
*Morio*	Montfort, 1810	synonym

Species group names

*Buccinum diadema*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym
*Buccinum nodosum*	Solander, 1766	synonym
*Buccinum ochroleucum*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Buccinum strigosum*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Cassidaria bistriata*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Cassidaria bucquoyi*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Cassidaria dautzenbergi*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Cassidaria echinophora*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Cassidaria echinophora coronata*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Cassidaria echinophora ingens*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Cassidaria echinophora var. densetuberculata*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Cassidaria echinophora var. dentata*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Cassidaria echinophora var. dilatata*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Cassidaria echinophora var. globosa*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882	synonym
*Cassidaria echinophora var. globosocordonata*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Cassidaria echinophora var. minima*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Cassidaria echinophora var. multituberculata*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Cassidaria echinophora var. mutica*	Tiberi, 1863	synonym
*Cassidaria echinophora var. obsoleta*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882	synonym
*Cassidaria echinophora var. solida*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882	synonym
*Cassidaria echinophora var. subdiadema*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Cassidaria echinophora var. subnodulosa*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882	synonym
*Cassidaria pliocenica*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Cassidaria pseudobistriata*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Cassidaria uniseriata*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Echinora tuberculosa*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym
*Galeodea postcoronata*	Sacco, 1890	synonym
*Morio adriatica*	Coen, 1914	synonym
*Morio echinophora*	[sic]	synonym
*Morio echinophora var. bivaricosa*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Morio echinophora var. bonanni*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Morio echinophora var. intermediata*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Morio echinophora var. polycingulata*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Morio echinophorus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Morio echinophorus var. aequistriata*	Coen, 1920	synonym
*Morio echinophorus var. bivaricosa*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Morio echinophorus var. bonanni*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Morio echinophorus var. cassidula*	Coen, 1920	synonym
*Morio echinophorus var. intermediata*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Morio echinophorus var. major*	Coen, 1920	synonym
*Morio echinophorus var. polycingulata*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Morio echinophorus var. ruggeri*	Coen, 1920	synonym
*Morio echinophorus var. tenuis*	Coen, 1920	synonym
*Morio echinophorus var. tuber*	Coen, 1920	synonym
*Morio echinophorus var. tufa*	Coen, 1920	synonym
*Oocorys alboranensis*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Pyrula provincialis*	A. Martin, 1851	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kërmilli zile me gunga sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

English: Mediterranean spiny bonnet; spiny helmet snail 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: Stachel-Helmschnecke; Stachelige Helmschnecke; Stachlige Helmschnecke 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.

Greek: Αγριοκανάτα

Literature

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.
additional source	Hughes, R. N. (1986). Laboratory observations on the feeding behaviour, reproduction and morphology of Galeodea echinophora. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 86: 355-365.
additional source	Verbinnen G., Segers L., Swinnen F., Kreipl K. & Monsecour D. (2016). Cassidae. An amazing family of seashells. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 251 pp.
additional source	Landau, B.; Harzhauser, M.; Beu, A. G. (2009). A Revision of the Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Paratethys and their Palaeobiogeographic Implications. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt. 149(1): 61-109.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:139023