Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cancellaria haemastoma Sowerby, 1832 (Horton et al., 2021); (C. haemastoma) AMNH: 12798, 12814, 50590, 88570, ANSP: 29636, 153375, 154694, 170319, 304338, USNM: 678897, 812796, LACM: 66-121, 71-49, 71-56, 71-65, 71-71, AHF 328-35, AHF 330-35, LACM: AHF 82-33, AHF 177-34, AHF 785-38, plus several other specimens (all misidentified as Cancellaria chrysostoma Sowerby, 1832), CAS: several specimens (ex.: 37596, 38862), BMNH: 1964448 (Syntypes, type locality: Galapagos), MHNG: 993-158, CDRS: 159, 1144, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG expedition to the Galapagos, 1993

Origin: Endemic

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

Distribution: (C. haemastoma) Most little specimens found in Santiago (James Bay).

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• Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 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.
• Sowerby, G.B., Jr. (II) (1832-41) The Conchological Illustrations, ptls. 1-200, pls. 1-200, (including the text of the "Catalogues of genera", which is seperately paged. London.