Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Purpura callaoensis Gray, 1828, Thais (Thais) callaoensis (Gray, 1828), Thais stylmanberryi Peña, 1973 (Horton et al., 2021).; (T. callaoensis) ANSP: 81868, 81869, 152512, 153398, 324477, LACM: 14029, 71-62, 71-64, AHF 146-34, BMNH: acc. n° 2271: 1 specimen (Charles Lyell coll., C. Darwin material), CDRS: 425, 427, 428, 549, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG expedition to the Galapagos, 1993

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: (T. callaoensis) From Panamá to south of Perú and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands).

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• Smith, E.A. (1877) Mollusca. In: Günther, A.: Account of the zoological collections made during the visit of H.M.S. "Petrel" to the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1877): 69-73, 91-93.