Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Gemophos ringens
Gastropodo, Gastropod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Buccinoidea
Family
Pisaniidae
Genus
Gemophos
Species
ringens
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cantharus (Gemophos) ringens(Reeve, 1846) fide Keen (1971), Buccinum ringens Reeve, 1846, Cantharus ringens (Reeve, 1846) (Horton et al., 2021). Note: The Subgenus Cantharus (Gemophos) Olsson & Harbison, 1953 accepted as Gemophos Olsson & Harbison, 1953 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Distribution: (C. Ringens) Mazatlan, Mexico and Ecuador including Galapagos islands (Keen, 1971).
- 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. (1971) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru- Second Edition. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 2nd edition, 1064 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Gemophos ringens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19878. Accessed 4 April 2026.