Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Stenoplax rugulata
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Polyplacophora
Order
Chitonida
Suborder
Chitonina
Superfamily
Chitonoidea
Family
Ischnochitonidae
Genus
Stenoplax
Species
rugulata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Ischnociton petaloïdes (Gould, 1846), I. mariposa Dall, 1919, CAS: 19943, 20073, 20074, 20075, 20076 (fide Ferreira,1983); 27232 ( fide SMITH & FERREIRA, 1977). SBMNH: 142913 (det. H.W. Chaney, fide KAISER,1997). CDRS 1286. FNRS- Belgian expedition to the Galapagos,1984. MHNG: expedition to the Galapagos, 1993
Origin: Native
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Stenoplax rugulata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10086. Accessed 31 October 2026.