Galapagos Species Database

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

Anatoma keenae (J. H. McLean, 1970)

caracol, Snail

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Lepetellida

Superfamily
Scissurelloidea

Family
Anatomidae

Genus
Anatoma

Species
keenae

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Anatoma epicharis (J. H. McLean, 1970); Scissurella (Anatoma) epicharis J. H. McLean, 1970; Scissurella (Anatoma) keenae J. H. McLean, 1970; Scissurella epicharis J. H. McLean, 1970; Scissurella keenae J. H. McLean, 1970 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Endemic

References

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Kay, E.A. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos. Determinants of insular marine Faunas. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 235-252.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Anatoma keenae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14823. Accessed 1 November 2026.