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Galeodea californica

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Galeodea (Caliagaleodea) californica was named by Clark (1942). Its type specimen is UCMP 34376, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 7004, Simi Valley, which is in a Lutetian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Llajas Formation of California.

It was recombined as Galeodea californica by Beu (2008), Squires (2019) and Hendy (2020).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Galeodea (Caliagaleodea) californica Clark pp. 118 - 119 figs. Plate 19, figures 15-19
1984Galeodea (Caliagaleodea) californica Squires p. 26
1988Galeodea (Caliagaleodea) californica Squires p. 13 fig. 29
2008Galeodea californica Beu p. 288
2019Galeodea californica Squires
2020Galeodea californica Hendy

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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
speciescalifornica()

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 californica Clark 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available