Galapagos Species Database

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

Vermicularia frisbeyae J. H. McLean, 1970

Gasterópodo, Gastropod

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
[unassigned] Caenogastropoda

Superfamily
Cerithioidea

Family
Turritellidae

Genus
Vermicularia

Species
frisbeyae

Taxon category: Accepted

CDRS: 1 specimen without reg. number, from Cousins Rock near Santiago Isl.

Origin: Native

References

  • 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, Vermicularia frisbeyae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10115. Accessed 5 November 2026.