Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Purpura centiquadra Duclos, 1832, Purpura multilineata Küster, 1859, Purpura speciosa Valenciennes, 1832, Purpura triserialis Blainville, 1832, Thais speciosa (Valenciennes, 1832), Thais (Thais) speciosa (Valenciennes, 1832) (Horton et al., 2021); Mancinella speciosa (Hickman & Finet, 1999); Purpura centiquadra Duclos, 1832, P. triserialis Blainville, 1832 (Keen, 1971). M. speciosa: LACM: 11546, 66-120, CAS: 38875, CDRS: 423, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG expedition to the Galapagos, 1993 (Finet, 1994).

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: (T. speciosa) Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Gulf and south to Peru (Keen, 1971). (M. speciosa) Gulf of Baja California to Peru and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) (Hickman & Finet, 1999).

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• 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.