Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Diplodonta pacifica P. Fischer, 1860, Diplodonta subquadrata Carpenter, 1856, Diplodonta subquadrata baltrana Hertlein, 1972, Diplodonta suprema Olsson, 1961 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: (D. subquadrata) San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, the Gulf and south to the Galápagos 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.
• Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
• Yuan, Yao-Wu Mabberley, D., Steane, D. A., Olmstead, R. (2010) Further disintegration and redefinition of Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae): Implications for the understanding of the evolution of an intriguing breeding strategy TAXON 59 (1) • February 2010: 125–133