Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Planaxis canaliculata Duval, 1840, Planaxis canaliculatus Duval, 1840, Planaxis circinatus Lesson, 1842, Planaxis planicostatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 (Horton et al., 2021).; (P. planicostatus) AMNH: 16467, 110719, ANSP: 18245, 81875, 153194, 185711, 199805, LACM: 66-118, AHF 188-34, BMNH: 1966623 (Syntypes), acc. no. 2271: 2 specimens (Charles Lyell coll., C. Darwin material), MHNG: 11454, CDRS: 811, 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: (P. planicostatus) Mexico (Mazatlan) to Perú and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

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• 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.