Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Exilia cortezi
Gastropodo, Gastropod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Pseudolivoidea
Family
Ptychatractidae
Genus
Exilia
Species
cortezi
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Leucosyrinx galapagana Dall, 1919, Surculina galapagana (Dall, 1919) (Horton et al., 2021). Note: Leucosyrinx galapagana USNM: 96494 in cited by Boss, K. J., Rosewater, J., & Ruhoff, F. A. (1968) The zoological taxa of William Healey Dall. Bulletin of the United States National Museum.
Origin: Native
- 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. (1908) Descriptions of new species of mollusks from the Pacific Coast of the United States, with notes on other mollusks from the same region. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34: 245–257.
- 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.
- Boss, K. J Rosewater, J., & Ruhoff, F. A (1968) The zoological taxa of William Healey Dall. Boss, K. J., Rosewater, J., & Ruhoff, F. A. (1968). The zoological taxa of William Healey Dall. Bulletin of the United States National Museum.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Exilia cortezi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11782. Accessed 30 June 2025.