Galeodea triganceae

Taxobox
name = "Galeodea triganceae"


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Littorinimorpha
familia = Tonnidae
subfamilia = Cassinae
genus = "Galeodea"
species = "G. triganceae"
binomial = "Galeodea triganceae"
binomial_authority = Dell,1953

"Galeodea triganceae" is a species of marine gastropod mollusc of the family Tonnidae, the helmet shells.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand including the Chatham Islands.

Habitat

This helmet shell is found at depths of between 90 and 600 m.

hell description

The shell is subglobose, sculptured with strongly tubercled spiral cords, and lesser plain cords and threads. The anterior end terminates in a long, tail-like, twisted and recurved canal.

Coloration is white, buff, or pale brownish externally, and orange-brown or pale purplish-brown within the aperture.

Maximum shell height is 48 mm, and width 31 mm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1