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Galeodea louella

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Phalium (Semicassis) louella was named by Squires and Advocate (1986). Its type specimen is LACMIP 7166, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CSUN 665, Orocopia Mountains, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in the Maniobra Formation of California.

It was recombined as Galeodea louella by 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
1986Phalium (Semicassis) louella Squires and Advocate p. 858 figs. figs. 2.11, 2.12
2019Galeodea louella Squires
2020Galeodea louella 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
specieslouella()

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 louella Squires and Advocate 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available