Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Berthellina ilisima
Caracol melocotón, Orange gumdrop
Length: 60 mm
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Pleurobranchida
Superfamily
Pleurobranchoidea
Family
Pleurobranchidae
Genus
Berthellina
Species
ilisima
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Berthellina engeli ilisima Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 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, Berthellina ilisima", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11653. Accessed 1 November 2026.