Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Xanthodaphne argeta
Length: 43 mm; diameter: 20 mm.
Deep water (more than 200 m depth)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Conoidea
Family
Raphitomidae
Genus
Xanthodaphne
Species
argeta
Taxon category: Accepted
USNM: 96552 (Holotype, type locality: Galapagos), 123138, 697424; Syn.: Mangilia argeta Dall, 1890 (basionym), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Endemic
- 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.
- Dall, W.H. (1890) Scientific results of explorations by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. No. VII: Preliminary report on the collection of Mollusca and Brachiopoda obtained in 1887-88. Proceedings of the United States National Museum (1889) 12(773): 219-362, pls. 5-14.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Xanthodaphne argeta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10829. Accessed 6 June 2026.