Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.:Leiosolenus divaricalx (Iredale, 1939), Lithodomus pessulatus Reeve, 1857 , Lithodomus plumula (Hanley, 1843), Lithodomus plumula gracilior Carpenter, 1857, Lithodomus plumula tumidior Carpenter, 1857, Lithodomus subula Reeve, 1857, Lithophaga (Diberus) plumula (Hanley, 1843), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) divaricalx Iredale, 1939, Lithophaga (Solebrolabris) divaricalx Iredale, 1939, Lithophaga cavernosa Dunker, 1882, Lithophaga divaricalx Iredale, 1939, Lithophaga löbbeckeana Dunker, 1882, Lithophaga loebbeckeana Dunker, 1882, Lithophaga plumula (Hanley, 1843), Lithophaga plumula kelseyi Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1946, Modiola plumula Hanley, 1843 (Horton et al., 2021); (L. plumula) LACM: 34-232, 84-44 (fide Kaiser, 1997), C.P. Hickman collection n° 97-340, from Pinzón Island (August 1997)

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: (L. plumula) Gulf of California to Perú and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

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