Galapagos Species Database

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Gastrocopta herrerai Miquel & Brito, 2019

Caracol terrestre, Land snail

Shell pupoid-conic, rimate, 5.5 convex whorls, the last one larger, with growth lines; peristome rounded, pustulae conic and quadrangular, abundant and homogeneous on the lip and inside the aperture; five apertural barriers; angular and parietal lamellae joined as a bifid lamella, slightly differentiated; angular lamella rounded, upon the parietal; parietal lamella rounded, slightly prolonged posteriorly; columellar lamella thin, semicircular as stepped, wall and lamella expanded; basal fold semicircular, slightly prolonged in inner of aperture; lower-palatal fold semicircular, close to the aperture, wall slightly expanded, and more expanded posteriorly; upper-palatal fold semicircular, prolonged, expanded posteriorly. Barriers formula: [ap + c] l + [b + lp + up] f. (Miquel & Brito, 2019).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Stylommatophora

Superfamily
Pupilloidea

Family
Vertiginidae

Genus
Gastrocopta

Species
herrerai

Taxon category: Accepted

Tatus alternate representation MolluscaBase eds. (2021).

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Mangroves of Punta Cormorán, Floreana Island. -1° 13’33.94 -90°25’52.56 (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 herrerai", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18635. Accessed 3 November 2026.