Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Marginella californica Tomlin, 1916, Marginella californica var. parallela Dall, 1918, Marginella rosa Schwengel, 1938, Volvarina californica (Tomlin, 1916), Volvarina parallela (Dall, 1918), Volvarina taeniolata rosa (Schwengel, 1938) fide Ahyong, S., et al. ( 2023). LACM: 71-52, 71-53, AHF 430, AHF 431, BMNH: acc. n° 2271 : 1 specimen (Charles Lyell coll., C. Darwin material), FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

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