Galapagos Species Database

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

Lobiger souverbii P. Fischer, 1857

Length of shell about 10 mm; the shell is dark green,flaring anteriorly.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Superfamily
Oxynooidea

Family
Oxynoidae

Genus
Lobiger

Species
souverbii

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Mexico,know in the caribbean, the Hawaiian islands and the western Pacific.

References

  • 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. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Gosliner, T.M. (1991) The Opisthobranch Gastropod Fauna of the Galapagos Islands. In: M.J. James (ed.): Galápagos marine invertebrates. Taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution in Darwin´s islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 281-305.
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
  • Sphon, G.G. Mulliner, D.K. (1972) A preliminary list of known Opisthobranchs from the Galapagos Islands collected by the Ameripagos Expedition. The Veliger 15(2): 147-152.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Lobiger souverbii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10630. Accessed 7 June 2026.