Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Sulcoretusa galapagana (Dall, 1919) (Horton et al., 2021). Type locality: U. S, Fish Commission station 2813, at the Galapagos Islands, in 40 fathoms, coral sand (Dall, 1919).

Origin: Native

Distribution: Galapagos Islands (Dall, 1919).

• Dall, W.H. (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the north Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 56 (2295): 293-371.
• Gosliner, T.M. (1991) The Opisthobranch Gastropod Fauna of the Galapagos Islands. In: M.J. James (ed.): Galápagos marine invertebrates. Taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution in Darwin´s islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 281-305.
• 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.
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