Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Nassa albipunctata Reeve, 1853, Nassa crebristriata Carpenter, 1857, Nassa glauca C. B. Adams, 1852, Nassa lecadrei de Folin, 1867, Nassa nucleolus Reeve, 1854, Nassa picturata Marrat, 1880, Nassa proxima C. B. Adams, 1852, Nassa rufocincta A. Adams, 1852, Nassa versicolor C. B. Adams, 1852, Nassa versicolor var. hooveri Arnold, 1903, Nassa versicolor var. striatula C. B. Adams, 1852, Nassarius versicolor (C. B. Adams, 1852) (Horton et al., 2021); (N. versicolor) ANSP: 153355, 153434, 153436, 154797, LACM: several specimens, CDRS: 479 B, 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: (N. versicolor) From Baja California to Panamá, Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) and north of Peru.

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