Galeodea alcocki | |
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Shell of Galeodea alcocki (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cassidae |
Genus: | Galeodea |
Species: | G. alcocki
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Binomial name | |
Galeodea alcocki (
E.A. Smith, 1906)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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]
The shell size varies between 50 mm and 115 mm
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This marine species occurs in the Bay of Bengal and off the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.
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