Galapagos Species Database
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Neotiara gausapata
Mitra con bandas, Banded miter
(M. gausapata) Length: 19 mm, diameter: 7 mm.
(M. gausapata) Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), subtidal and frequently in intertidal.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Mitroidea
Family
Mitridae
Genus
Neotiara
Species
gausapata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Mitra (Nebularia) gausapata Reeve, 1845, Mitra gausapata Reeve, 1845 (Horton et al., 2021); (M. gausapata) AMNH: 165142, 165280, 165424, 165491, 165510, 165517, 165558, 188584, ANSP: 153376, LACM: several specimens (ex.: 66-123, 71-61, 71-69, D-3a), BMNH: 1967769/1 (Lectotype, type locality: Galapagos), 1967769/2 (Paralectotype), acc. n° 2271: 1 specimen (Charles Lyell coll., C. Darwin material), CDRS: 595, 792, 910, 1018, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: (M. gausapata) Widely distributed in the Galápagos Islands.
- Bustamante, R.H. Vinueza, L.R., Smith, F., Banks, S., Calvopiña, M., Francisco, V., Chiriboga, A., Harris, J. (2002) Comunidades submareales rocosas I: Organismos sésiles y mesoinvertebrados móviles. In: Danulat, E. & Edgar, G.J. (eds.) (2002): Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 38-67.
- Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
- 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.
- Kay, E.A. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos. Determinants of insular marine Faunas. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 235-252.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
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