Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Sinezona rimuloides (Carpenter, 1865)

The shell is white.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Lepetellida

Superfamily
Scissurelloidea

Family
Scissurellidae

Genus
Sinezona

Species
rimuloides

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: From California, Chile and Ecuador (Galapagos islands)

References

  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Sinezona rimuloides", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10091. Accessed 1 June 2025.