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Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Galeodea gallica was named by Wrigley (1934) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is CSUN 662, Orocopia Mountains, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in the Maniobra Formation of California.

It was recombined as Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995) and Jeffery and Tracey (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. apodemetes, G. dubia, G. elongata, G. geniculosa, G. modesta, G. klingeri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Galeodea gallica Wrigley pp. 123-124 figs. pl. 16, fig. 24-25
1986Galeodea gallica Squires and Advocate p. 857
1995Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica Pacaud and Le Renard
1997Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica Jeffery and Tracey p. 94 figs. Pl 9, figs 10,11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyCassinaeLatreille 1825
genusGaleodeaLink 1807
subgenusMambrinia
speciesgallica(Wrigley 1934)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
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