Galapagos Species Database
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Gastrocopta franki
Land snail
Shell pupoid oblong with the two last whorls larger than the others; six or seven apertural barriers: angular-parietal, infraparietal and columellar lamellae and basal, lower-palatal, interpalatal (sometimes absent) and upper-palatal folds. Shell pupoid, oblong, rimate, 4.5 convex whorls last two largest, with growth lines. Peristome rounded in the area that comprises the columellar lamella and the lower-palatal fold, flattened in the upperpalatal area; few small grouped conical pustules on the lip, rounded and larger pustules inside the aperture; six or seven apertural barriers. Angular and parietal lamellae jointed as a bifid lamella with a slight groove between them; angular lamella small, slightly rounded, not extended posteriorly; parietal lamella rounded, more prolonged posteriorly; infraparietal lamella like a callus; columellar lamella semicircular, horizontal; basal fold rounded, like a tubercle; lower-palatal fold semicircular, slightly prolonged posteriorly; interpalatal fold like a small callus (sometimes absent); upper-palatal fold rounded, like a tubercle. Barriers formula: [ap + ip + c] l + [b + lp + irp/0 + up] f. (Miquel & Brito, 2019).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Superfamily
Pupilloidea
Family
Vertiginidae
Genus
Gastrocopta
Species
franki
Taxon category: Accepted
Status alternate representation MolluscaBase eds. (2021).
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz (Miquel & Brito, 2019).
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"Galapagos Species Database, Gastrocopta franki", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18638. Accessed 3 November 2026.