Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cardiomya californica
Length: 7 mm; height: 3.6 mm.
Shallow to deep water, in 15 to 640 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Superfamily
Cuspidarioidea
Family
Cuspidariidae
Genus
Cardiomya
Species
californica
Taxon category: Accepted
USNM: 195030, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG expedition to the Galapagos, 1993
Origin: Native
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cardiomya californica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10594. Accessed 30 October 2026.