Galapagos Species Database

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

Eulima encopicola Warén & Templado, 1994

ostra, Bivalves

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Littorinimorpha

Superfamily
Eulimoidea

Family
Eulimidae

Genus
Eulima

Species
encopicola

Taxon category: Accepted

MNCN: 15.05/6958 (Holotype and Paratype, type locality: Galapagos)

Origin: Endemic

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.
  • Waren, A. Norris, D.R. & Templado, J. (1994) Descriptions of four new Eulimid Gastropods parasitic on irregular sea urchins. The Veliger 37(2): 141-154.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Eulima encopicola", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10358. Accessed 21 May 2026.