Galapagos Species Database

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Gastrocopta christineae Miquel & Brito, 2019

Caracol terrestre, Land snail

Shell pupoid, slightly enlarged, rimate, 4.5 convex whorls, with growth lines. Peristome oval, reflected, with scattered quadrangular pustulae in the inner surface of the aperture, conic and clustered, eight apertural barriers. Angular and parietal lamellae jointed as bifid, rounded lamella; angular lamella small, curved slightly towards the upper-palatal fold; parietal lamella not prolonged posteriorly; small rounded nodule behind the angular-parietal lamella; infraparietal lamella like a callus or a tubercle; columellar lamella semicircular, horizontal, with a wall very expanded; subcolumellar lamella like a callus or a tubercle, expanded wall; basal fold semicircular, slightly prolonged posteriorly; lower-palatal fold semicircular, prolonged in inner of aperture; interpalatal fold similar to a callus or a tubercle, closer to the upperpalatal fold; upper-palatal fold rounded, slightly expanded posteriorly. Barriers formula: [ap(nd) + ip + c + sc] l + [b + lp + irp + up] f. (Miquel & Brito, 2019).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Stylommatophora

Superfamily
Pupilloidea

Family
Vertiginidae

Genus
Gastrocopta

Species
christineae

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Southwest of Pinzón Island, 294–325 masl (Miquel & Brito, 2019).

References

  • 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

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"Galapagos Species Database, Gastrocopta christineae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18634. Accessed 3 November 2026.