Galapagos Species Database

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

Elaeocyma splendidula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)

Length: 28 mm; diameter: 10 mm.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Neogastropoda

Superfamily
Conoidea

Family
Drilliidae

Genus
Elaeocyma

Species
splendidula

Taxon category: Accepted

ANSP: 154688, LACM: AHF 170-34, AHF 325-35, CAS: 32569, BMNH: 1991140 (Syntypes, type locality: Galapagos)

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: 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.
  • 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, Elaeocyma splendidula", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10695. Accessed 4 June 2026.