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Galeodea echinophora

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Buccinum echinophorum was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Mediterranean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Morio echinophora by Montfort (1810); it was recombined as Echinora echinophorum by Schumacher (1817); it was recombined as Cassidaria echinophora by Woodward (1851); it was recombined as Galeodea echinophora by Schenck (1926), Mukerjee (1939), Beu (2008) and Beu (2010).

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

Synonyms
  • Echinora tuberosa was named by Schumacher (1817). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Galeodea echinophora by Beu (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Buccinum echinophorum Linnaeus
1810Morio echinophora Montfort p. 479
1817Echinora echinophorum Schumacher
1817Echinora tuberosa Schumacher
1851Cassidaria echinophora Woodward p. 115
1926Galeodea echinophora Schenck p. 81 figs. Plate 14, figure 2
1939Galeodea echinophora Mukerjee p. 52
2008Galeodea echinophora Beu p. 287
2010Galeodea echinophora Beu p. 231

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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
speciesechinophora(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Galeodea echinophora Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Echinora tuberosa Schumacher 1817 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:15
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Calabrian or 20.44000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Galeodea echinophora (76573)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Galeodea echinophora (178108 178110)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Slovakia Galeodea echinophora (160736)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy Galeodea echinophora (178116)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Galeodea echinophora (89564)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Holy See (Vatican City State) Cassidaria echinophora (209253)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain Galeodea echinophora (80562)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Galeodea echinophora (178457 178779)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Galeodea echinophora (77008)