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Galeodea rugosa

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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

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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

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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

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  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.