Galapagos Species Database

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

Clio pyramidata Linnaeus, 1767

Length: 20 mm.

Pelagic

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Pteropoda

Suborder
Euthecosomata

Superfamily
Cavolinioidea

Family
Cliidae

Genus
Clio

Species
pyramidata

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Baja California,Mexico and Galapagos islands.

References

  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • 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.
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 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.
  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Clio pyramidata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10635. Accessed 9 June 2025.