Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pustulatirus sanguineus
Gastropoda
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Buccinoidea
Family
Fasciolariidae
Genus
Pustulatirus
Species
sanguineus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Latirus sanguineus (Wood, 1828), Murex sanguineus Wood, 1828, Turbinella varicosa Reeve, 1847 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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, Pustulatirus sanguineus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19750. Accessed 10 June 2026.