Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Finet (2001): This species has been mentioned from the Galapagos by Keen (1971); the record was repeated by Finet (1985, 1991). However, DuShane (1974) restricted its southern distribution to Costa Rica, and as no specimen from the Galapagos has been found in the collections, the record of Keen may be considered dubious (see also Skoglund, 1992). The question was also discussed in Finet (1994). Kaiser (1997: 52) includes the species in her list of taxa of rejected occurrence.; Syn.: Eccliseogyra nebulosa Dall, 1919, Epitonium brunneopictum Dall, 1908, fide Appeltans et al.(2010)

Origin: Native

Distribution: Cedros islands, Baja California and Ecuador including Galapagos islands.

• 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.
• DuShane, H. (1974) The Panamic-Galapagan Epitoniidae. The Veliger 16 (Supplement): 1-84.
• 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. (1985) Preliminary faunal list of the marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg., Section des Invertébrés récents, Studiedocumenten 20: 1-50.
• 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. (1994) The Marine Mollusks of the Galápagos Islands: a documented faunal list Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Genève, 180 pp.
• Kaiser, K.L. (1997) The recent molluscan marine fauna of the Islas Galápagos /. In The recent molluscan marine fauna of the Islas Galápagos. Kaiser, K. L. (1997). The recent molluscan marine fauna of the Islas Galápagos /. In The recent molluscan marine fauna of the Islas Galápagos / (p. 76). https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.129924.
• Keen, A.M. (1971) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru- Second Edition. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 2nd edition, 1064 pp.
• Skoglund, C. (1992) Additions to the Panamic Province Gastropod (Mollusca) literature: 1971 to 1992. The Festivus 24, Supplement: viii + 169 pp.