Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Gibberula achenea
Gastropodo, Gastropod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Muricoidea
Family
Cystiscidae
Genus
Gibberula
Species
achenea
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Granula achenea B. Roth & Coan, 1971(Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Distribution: (G. achenea) Philadelphia, Panama, Costa Rica, Cocos Island and Galapagos Island (Roth & V. Coan, 1971).
- 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.
- Roth, B. Coan, E.V. (1971) Marginellidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) from the Galapagos Islands and Cocos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series, 37(23): 575-584.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Gibberula achenea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19514. Accessed 7 June 2026.