Galeodea alcocki, common name : Alcock's false tun, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.[1]
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| Shell of Galeodea alcocki (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cassidae |
| Genus: | Galeodea |
| Species: | G. alcocki
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| Galeodea alcocki (E.A. Smith, 1906)
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Description edit
The shell size varies between 50 mm and 115 mm
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the Bay of Bengal and off the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.
References edit
- ^ a b Galeodea alcocki Kreipl & Alf, 2002. WoRMS (2010). Galeodea beui Kreipl & Alf, 2002. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=554890 on 23 February 2011 .
- Kreipl K. & Alf A. (2002) A new species of Galeodea Link, 1807 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cassidae) from the Philippine Islands. Novapex 3(2-3): 83-85
- 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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