Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Strombus granulatus Swainson, 1822, Strombus granulatus acutus Durham, 1950 †, Strombus granulatus cortezianus Durham, 1962 † (Horton et al., 2021); (S. granulatus) AMNH: 24692, 97620, ANSP: 153615, 170369. LACM: 34-75.4/7 (ex - AHF 201-34) (fide Kronenberg & Lee, 2005: 32), CDRS: 113, 886, 1072, 1098, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MMHNG: expedition to the Galapagos, 1993, GKRO: private collection 6268/1 (fide Kronenberg & Lee, 2005: 32), KLK: private collection 201960/1, 201961/6 (fide Kronenberg & Lee, 2005: 32)

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: (S. granulatus) Gulf of California to Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

• Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
• 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.
• Kronenberg, G.C. Lee, H.G. (2005) Strombus granulatus Swainson, 1822 (Gastropoda: Strombidae), a very variable species including a note on homonymy with Strombus granulatus Röding, 1798 (Gastropoda: Cerithiidae). The Festivus 37(3): 31-35.