Galeodea alcocki

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]

Galeodea alcocki
Shell of Galeodea alcocki (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cassidae
Genus:	Galeodea
Species:	G. alcocki
Binomial name
Galeodea alcocki (E.A. Smith, 1906)
Synonyms[1]
Galeoda beui Kreipl & Alf, 2002 Galeoocorys nipponica Sakurai & Habe [in Habe], 1961 Morio alcocki E.A. Smith, 1906 (basionym) Oocorys alcocki (E.A. Smith, 1906)

Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 115 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Bay of Bengal and off the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.