Galapagos Species Database

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

Scaphander interruptus Dall, 1889

opistobranquio, Opisthobranchs

Length: 33 mm; diameter: 19 mm.

Deep water (more than 200 m depth).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Cephalaspidea

Superfamily
Philinoidea

Family
Scaphandridae

Genus
Scaphander

Species
interruptus

Taxon category: Accepted

USNM: 97075 (Syntypes, type locality: Galapagos), 96482

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: From Magdalena Bya,Baja California ,to Panama and Galapagos islands.

References

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • 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, Scaphander interruptus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10650. Accessed 31 October 2026.