Galeodea rugosa

Galeodea rugosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cassidae
Genus: Galeodea
Species:
G. rugosa
Binomial name
Galeodea rugosa
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum rugosum Linnaeus, 1771 (basionym)
  • Buccinum tyrrhenum Gmelin, 1791
  • Galeodea tyrrhena (Gmelin, 1791)

Galeodea rugosa, common name : the rugose bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 140 mm. The color of the shell varies between an off white to a reddish brown.

Distribution

This species is distributed in European waters along the British Isles, in the Atlantic Ocean along Spain, Portugal, the Azores and West Africa and in the Mediterranean Sea

References

  1. ^ a b Galeodea rugosa (Linnaeus, 1771). Gofas, S. (2009). Galeodea rugosa (Linnaeus, 1771). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139024 on 23 February 2011 .
  • Beu A.G. (2008) Recent deep-water Cassidae of the world. A revision of Galeodea, Oocorys, Sconsia, Echinophoria and related taxa, with new genera and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). In Héros V., Cowie R.H. & Bouchet P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 269-387.

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  • "Galeodea (Galeodea) rugosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 23 February 2011.


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