Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Triplofusus princeps
Gastropoda
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Buccinoidea
Family
Fasciolariidae
Genus
Triplofusus
Species
princeps
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Fasciolaria acutispsira Strebel, 1911, Fasciolaria princeps G. B. Sowerby I, 1825, Pleuroploca acutispira (Strebel, 1911), Pleuroploca princeps (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (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, Triplofusus princeps", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19771. Accessed 4 November 2026.