Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843 (Horton et al., 2021); (C. cervinetta) AMNH: 72739, 110458, 117919, ANSP: 81949, 153619, 156247, USNM: 678872, LACM: numerous lots (reg. numbers communicated by L. Groves, in litt., 1994, MHNG: 22011, CDRS: 488, 848, 856, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: (C. cervinetta) Mexico (Sonora), to Perú and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

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