Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Monoplex keenae (Beu, 1970)

Gastropodo, Gastropod

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Littorinimorpha

Family
Cymatiidae

Genus
Monoplex

Species
keenae

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cymatium (Monoplex) parthenopeum keenae (Beu, 1970), Septa (Monoplex) parthenopea keenae Beu, 1970 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

References

  • Beu, A.G. (1970) The mollusca of the subgenus Monoplex (Family Cymatiidae). Transact. R. Soc. New Zealand (Biological Sciences) 11(17): 225-237.
  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
  • 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.
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Monoplex keenae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19179. Accessed 1 November 2026.