Galapagos Species Database
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Gastrocopta munita
Caracol terrestre, Land snail
Description (shell): Shell ovate-cylindric, whorls 5 to 5 1/3, convex; deeply rimate, with obtuse apex; thin, diaphanous, smooth, opaque, pale corneous or whitish; suture moderately deep; aperture subvertical, rounded, calloused; a bituberculate entering fold on the parietal wall of the aperture, another simple, somewhat receding one on the columella, as well as 4 smaller denticles within the outer lip, which, however, are often lacking, excepting the one opposite the parietal lamella; the broad peristome is reflected and the margins are connected by a rounded callous; 2.5 × 1.5 mm (Reibisch 1893; Pilsbry 1916).
Pilsbry, H.A., 1916-1918. Pupillidae (Gastrocoptinae). Manual of Conchology (2) 24: ii-xii + 1-380, 49 pls.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Superfamily
Pupilloidea
Family
Vertiginidae
Genus
Gastrocopta
Species
munita
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pupa wolfi (Reibisch, 1892); Syn.: Pupa munita Reibisch 1893, Pupilla munita (Reibisch, 1893) fide Dall & Ochnser 1928, Gastrocopta munita (Reibisch, 1893) considered a syn. by Pilsbry, 1916 actually is the acepted name
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Baltra, Daphne Mayor, Fernardina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Pinzón and Santa Fe. Dubiously, in San Cristóbal Island (Miquel & Herrera, 2014).
- Miquel, S.E. Brito, F. (2019) Taxonomy and distribution of species of Gastrocopta Wollaston 1878 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Gastrocoptidae) from the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) Https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330510502
- Miquel, S.E. Herrera, W.H. (2014) Catalogue of terrestrial gastropods from Galapagos (exept Bulimulidae and Succineidae) with description of a new species of Ambrosiella odhner (Achatinellidae) Molluskenfunde 143 (2) 107-133
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"Galapagos Species Database, Gastrocopta munita", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15564. Accessed 1 November 2026.