Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Paziella galapagana
Gastropodo, Gastropod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Muricoidea
Family
Muricidae
Genus
Paziella
Species
galapagana
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Murex galapagana Emerson & D'Attilio, 1970, Paziella (Paziella) galapagana (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1970), representation, Poirieria (Paziella) galapagana (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1970) (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Endemic
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Emerson, W.K. D'Attilio, A. (1970) Three new species of Muricacean Gastropods from the eastern Pacific. The Veliger 12: 270-274.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Paziella galapagana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19522. Accessed 6 May 2025.