Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Arca truncata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833), Byssoarca truncata G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 (Horton et al., 2021).; (A. truncata ) AMNH: 28432, 28433, BMNH: 1969205 (Syntypes, type locality: Galapagos), 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: (A. truncata ) Baja California to Perú and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

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• Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 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.
• Sowerby, G.B., (I) (1834-35) Characters of new genera and species of Mollusca and Conchifera, collected by Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1834): 6-8 (May 14, 1834), 17-19, 21-22 (June 17, 1834), 46-47 (Sept. 26, 1834), 68-72 (Nov. 25, 1834), 87-89 (Oct. 25, 1834), 123-128 (Mar. 20, 1835).