Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lobiger souverbii
Length of shell about 10 mm; the shell is dark green,flaring anteriorly.
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Superfamily
Oxynooidea
Family
Oxynoidae
Genus
Lobiger
Species
souverbii
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Mexico,know in the caribbean, the Hawaiian islands and the western Pacific.
- 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.