Galapagos Species Database

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Gastrocopta franki Miquel & Brito, 2019

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).

Taxonomy

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

Distribution

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

Distribution: Santa Cruz (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 franki", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18638. Accessed 3 November 2026.