Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Tribulus planospira
Gastropoda
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Muricidae
Genus
Tribulus
Species
planospira
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Haustrum pictum Perry, 1811, Purpura lineata Lamarck, 1816, Purpura planospira Lamarck, 1822, Thais (Tribulus) planospira (Lamarck, 1822) (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, Tribulus planospira", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19753. Accessed 4 November 2026.