Species Galeodea bituminata (Martin, 1933)

• Cassidea (Semicassis) bituminata Martin, K. 1933. Eine neue tertiäre Molluskenfauna aus dem indischen Archipel. Leidsche Geologische Mededelingen 6: 7-32 [28, pl. 4, fig. 28].
• Galeodea carolimartini Beets, C. 1943. Die Gattung Galeodea Link im Tertiär von Insulinde. Verhandlingen van het Geologisch-Mijnbouwkundig Genootenschap voor Nederland en Kolonien, Geologische Serie 13. 435-444 [437, figs 1-3].
• Galeodea echinophorella Habe, T. (ed.) 1961. Coloured Illustrations of the Shells of Japan. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pl. [44, pl. 21, fig. 2].
• Galeoda echinophorella suzumai Sakurai, K. 1984. A new subspecies of Genus Galeodea Link (Gastropoda: Cassididae) from Japan Sea. Japanese Journal of Malacology 2 43: 129-131 [129].

  Type data:

   Holotype NSMT Mo61870, Off Kuriya, Fukui Prefecture, Japan Sea.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Beu, A.G. 2008. Recent deep-water Cassidae of the world. A revision of Galaeodea, Oocorys, Sconsia, Echinophoria and related taxa, with new genera and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda),. pp. 269-387 in Heros, V., Cowie, R.H. & Bouchet, P. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 25: 1-805 [295] (see for complete synonymy)

Generic Combinations

• Galeodea bituminata (Martin, 1933). —
  Beu, A.G. 2008. Recent deep-water Cassidae of the world. A revision of Galaeodea, Oocorys, Sconsia, Echinophoria and related taxa, with new genera and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda),. pp. 269-387 in Heros, V., Cowie, R.H. & Bouchet, P. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 25: 1-805 [295]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

200-700 m

General References

Beu, A.G. 2008. Recent deep-water Cassidae of the world. A revision of Galaeodea, Oocorys, Sconsia, Echinophoria and related taxa, with new genera and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda),. pp. 269-387 in Heros, V., Cowie, R.H. & Bouchet, P. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 25: 1-805 [295-300, figs 7A, B; 13B-K; 14A-F]

Kreipl, K. 1997. Recent Cassidae. Weisbaden : Verlag Christa Hemman 151 pp., pls 1-24. [25, pl. 8, fig. 16]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [231, pl. 38, figs 6a-b] (as Galeodea (Galeodea) echinophorella)

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