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Casque échinophore
Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758)
AnimalsMolluscsSingle-shelled gastropods: underwater snails and similar (e.g. Prosobranchs and Heterobranchs/Pulmonates)
Distribution map
Geographic areas (BioObs)
Western MediterraneanMediterranean - Alboran SeaEastern Mediterranean
Observation type
Scuba divingApnea / SnorkellingForeshore / Shoreline
Other common names
- Casque épineuxFrench (France)
Other invalid scientific names
- Buccinum diadema
- Buccinum echinophorum
- Buccinum ochroleucum
- Buccinum strigosum
- Cassidaria bucquoyi
- Cassidaria dautzenbergi
- Cassidaria echinophora var. adriatica
- Cassidaria echinophora var. globosa
- Cassidaria echinophora var. mutica
- Cassidaria echinophora var. obsoleta
- Cassidaria echinophora var. solida
- Cassidaria echinophora var. subnodulosa
- Cassidaria scilla
- Cassidaria tuberculata
- Echinora tuberculosa
- Oocorys alboranensis
- Pyrula provincialis
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Sources
- in : DORIS, 23/06/2022 : Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758), https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/5619
How to cite this BioObs sheet?
BioObs, 06/04/2025 : Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758), https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/4489
Modification history
- Modified by Maguelone GRATEAU on 06/04/2025
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