WoRMS taxon details

Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758)

139023  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139023)

accepted
Species
Buccinum diadema Brocchi, 1814 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Buccinum echinophorum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cassidaria bistriata Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)  
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)
Cassidaria echinophora coronata Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)  
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)
Cassidaria echinophora ingens Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)  
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)
Cassidaria echinophora var. densetuberculata Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)  
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)
Cassidaria echinophora var. dentata Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)  
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)
Cassidaria echinophora var. dilatata Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)  
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)
Cassidaria echinophora var. globosocordonata Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)  
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)
Cassidaria echinophora var. minima Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)  
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)
Cassidaria echinophora var. multituberculata Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)  
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)
Cassidaria echinophora var. subdiadema Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)  
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)
Cassidaria pliocenica Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)  
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)
Cassidaria pseudobistriata Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)  
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)
Cassidaria uniseriata Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)  
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)
Cassidea (Cassidaria) echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Echinora tuberculosa Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted (Unnecessary substitute name for...)  
Unnecessary substitute name for Buccinum echinophorum Linnaeus, 1758
Galeodea postcoronata Sacco, 1890 · unaccepted (synonym)
Morio (Galeodea) echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Morio adriatica Coen, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym)
Morio echinophora [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
Oocorys alboranensis Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (unavailable following ICZN art. 11.4)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Buccinum echinophorum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 735 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139023 on 2026-05-18
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2007-08-29 07:13:38Z
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2009-04-24 18:07:06Z
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2021-03-20 07:59:52Z
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2026-01-05 16:14:09Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Buccinum echinophorum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 735 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Echinora tuberculosa Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details] 

original description (of Buccinum nodosum Solander, 1766) Brander, G. (1766). Fossilia hantoniensia collecta, et in musaeo britannico deposita. Solander, London, vi + 43 pp., 9 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55519282
page(s): 43, sub. tit., fig. 131 [details] 

original description (of Buccinum ochroleucum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Buccinum diadema Brocchi, 1814 †) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). <i>Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo primo</i>. pp. 1-56, I-LXXV, 1-240. Milano, Stamperia Reale., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12001697
page(s): 326-327, pl. 4, fig. 13a, b [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cassidaria scilla Risso, 1826 †) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cassidaria tuberculata Risso, 1826 †) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pyrula provincialis A. Martin, 1851) Martin, A. (1851). Notice sur une coquille trouvée sur les côtes de la Méditerranée par M. Martin, de Martigues. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 2: 248-251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855123
page(s): p. 249, pl. 8, fig. 4. [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria echinophora var. mutica Tiberi, 1863) Tiberi, N. (1863). Sur les espèces du genre <i>Cassidaria</i>, qui vivent dans la Méditerranée. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 11: 150-155.
page(s): 154 [details] 

original description (of Buccinum strigosum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3476 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cassidaria bistriata Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria pliocenica Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria pseudobistriata Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria uniseriata Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details] 

original description (of Galeodea postcoronata Sacco, 1890) Sacco, F. (1890). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte VIII. Galeodoliidae, Doliidae, Ficulidae, Naticidae. <em>Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Universita di Torino.</em> 5(86): 21-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11666544 [details] 

original description (of Morio adriatica Coen, 1914) Coen, G. (1914). Contributo allo studio della fauna malacologica adriatica. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 46: 3-34, pl. 1-7.
page(s): 26 [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria echinophora ingens Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria echinophora coronata Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details] 

original description (of Morio echinophorus var. intermediata Coen, 1933) Coen, G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 192: i-vii, 1-186, pl. 1-10. [details] 

original description (of Morio echinophorus var. major Coen, 1920) Coen G. (1920). Nota sulle Morio mediterranee. <i>Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturale, Pavia 59</i>: 129-136, pl. 5-6 [details] 

original description (of Morio echinophorus var. tuber Coen, 1920) Coen G. (1920). Nota sulle Morio mediterranee. <i>Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturale, Pavia 59</i>: 129-136, pl. 5-6 [details] 

original description (of Morio echinophorus var. tufa Coen, 1920) Coen G. (1920). Nota sulle Morio mediterranee. <i>Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturale, Pavia 59</i>: 129-136, pl. 5-6 [details] 

original description (of Morio echinophorus var. aequistriata Coen, 1920) Coen G. (1920). Nota sulle Morio mediterranee. <i>Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturale, Pavia 59</i>: 129-136, pl. 5-6 [details] 

original description (of Morio echinophorus var. tenuis Coen, 1920) Coen G. (1920). Nota sulle Morio mediterranee. <i>Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturale, Pavia 59</i>: 129-136, pl. 5-6 [details] 

original description (of Morio echinophorus var. ruggeri Coen, 1920) Coen G. (1920). Nota sulle Morio mediterranee. <i>Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturale, Pavia 59</i>: 129-136, pl. 5-6 [details] 

original description (of Morio echinophorus var. cassidula Coen, 1920) Coen G. (1920). Nota sulle Morio mediterranee. <i>Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturale, Pavia 59</i>: 129-136, pl. 5-6 [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria echinophora var. globosocordonata Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria echinophora var. densetuberculata Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria echinophora var. multituberculata Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria echinophora var. subdiadema Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria echinophora var. dentata Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria echinophora var. minima Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria echinophora var. dilatata Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria echinophora var. subnodulosa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882) Bucquoy, E., Dautzenberg, P. & Dollfus, G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls. [pp. 1-84, pls 1-10, 1882; pp. 85-196, pls 11-20, 1883; pp. 197-342, pls 21-40, 1884; pp. 343-418, pls 41-50, 1885; pp. 419-570, pls 51-66, 1886]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103592 [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria echinophora var. solida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882) Bucquoy, E., Dautzenberg, P. & Dollfus, G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls. [pp. 1-84, pls 1-10, 1882; pp. 85-196, pls 11-20, 1883; pp. 197-342, pls 21-40, 1884; pp. 343-418, pls 41-50, 1885; pp. 419-570, pls 51-66, 1886]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103592 [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria echinophora var. globosa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882) Bucquoy, E., Dautzenberg, P. & Dollfus, G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls. [pp. 1-84, pls 1-10, 1882; pp. 85-196, pls 11-20, 1883; pp. 197-342, pls 21-40, 1884; pp. 343-418, pls 41-50, 1885; pp. 419-570, pls 51-66, 1886]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103592
page(s): 70 [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria echinophora var. obsoleta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882) Bucquoy, E., Dautzenberg, P. & Dollfus, G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls. [pp. 1-84, pls 1-10, 1882; pp. 85-196, pls 11-20, 1883; pp. 197-342, pls 21-40, 1884; pp. 343-418, pls 41-50, 1885; pp. 419-570, pls 51-66, 1886]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103592 [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria bucquoyi Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 150, 557-558 [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria dautzenbergi Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 150, 558 [details] 

original description (of Cassidaria plicata Calcara, 1840) Calcara P. (1840). Monografie dei generi <i>Clausilia</i> e Bulimo coll'aggiunta di alcune nuove specie di conchiglie siciliane esistenti nella collezione della Sig. Teresa Gargotta in Salinas. <i>Palermo, Muratori 54 p</i>: , available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN64022346X
page(s): 52 [details] 

original description (of Morio echinophora var. bivaricosa Coen, 1933) Coen, G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 192: i-vii, 1-186, pl. 1-10.
page(s): 163 [details] 

original description (of Morio echinophora var. intermediata Coen, 1933) Coen, G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 192: i-vii, 1-186, pl. 1-10.
page(s): 163 [details] 

original description (of Morio echinophora var. polycingulata Coen, 1933) Coen, G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 192: i-vii, 1-186, pl. 1-10.
page(s): 163 [details] 

original description (of Morio echinophora var. bonanni Coen, 1933) Coen, G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 192: i-vii, 1-186, pl. 1-10.
page(s): 163 [details] 

original description (of Oocorys alboranensis Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details] 

basis of record 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. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, vol. 25. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 196: 269-387. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 300 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Verbinnen G., Segers L., Swinnen F., Kreipl K. & Monsecour D. (2016). <i>Cassidae. An amazing family of seashells.</i> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 251 pp. [details] 

additional source Landau, B.; Harzhauser, M.; Beu, A. G. (2009). A Revision of the Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Paratethys and their Palaeobiogeographic Implications. <em>Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt.</em> 149(1): 61-109., available online at http://opac.geologie.ac.at/wwwopacx/wwwopac.ashx?command=getcontent&server=images&value=JB1491_061_A.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hughes, R. N. (1986). Laboratory observations on the feeding behaviour, reproduction and morphology of <i>Galeodea echinophora</i>. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 86: 355-365., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1986.tb01815.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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Albanian kërmilli zile me gunga  [details]
English spiny helmet snailMediterranean spiny bonnethelmet shell [from synonym]  [details]
German Stachlige HelmschneckeStachelige HelmschneckeStachel-Helmschnecke  [details]
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