Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Euvola hancocki
Bivalvo, Bivalve
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Pectinida
Superfamily
Pectinoidea
Family
Pectinidae
Genus
Euvola
Species
hancocki
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) hancocki Grau, 1959 (Horton et al., 2021), Pecten hancocki, AMNH: 157264, 170524, 197934, USNM: 764991, ? CDRS: 1241.
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
- 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.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Euvola hancocki", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19860. Accessed 4 November 2026.