Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Amalthea barbata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835), Hipponix (Pilosabia) trigona (Gmelin, 1791), Hipponix pilosus (Deshayes, 1832) , Hipponyx barbata G. B. Sowerby I, 1835, Patella trigona Gmelin, 1791,Pileopsis pilosus Deshayes, 1832, Pilosabia pilosa (Deshayes, 1832) (Horton et al., 2021) Note: Hipponix barbatus Sowerby, 1835, Hipponix pilosus (Deshayes, 1832), Patella trigona Gmelin, 1791 (original combination), Pileopsis pilosus Deshayes, 1832, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: South of California to Peru and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

• 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.