Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cancellaria darwini
cancelaria, Nutmeg
Length: 19 mm; diameter: 10 mm.
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Cancellarioidea
Family
Cancellariidae
Genus
Cancellaria
Species
darwini
Taxon category: Accepted
AMNH: 154677 (Holotype, type locality: Galapagos), USNM: 812794, CDRS: 496, 1292
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isla Santa Cruz,Galapagos islands.
- 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.
- 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.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
- Petit, R.E. (1970) Notes on Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) - II. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8: 83-88.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cancellaria darwini", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10473. Accessed 30 October 2026.