Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Afrocanidea gemma Connolly, 1929, Cymatium muricinum (Röding, 1798), Cymatium tuberosum (Lamarck, 1822), Distorsio muricina Röding, 1798, Eutritonium tuberosum (Lamarck, 1822), Litiopa obesa Adams C.B., 1850, Ranella gyrinata Risso, 1826, Ranularia muricina (Röding, 1798), Ranularia tuberosus (Lamarck, 1822), Simpulum antillarum (d'Orbigny, 1842), Triton albocingulatus Deshayes, 1863, Triton antillarum d'Orbigny, 1842, Triton crispus Reeve, 1844, Triton productum Gould, 1852, Triton pyriformis Conrad, 1849, Triton tuberosum Lamarck, 1822, Tritonium (Ranularia) nodulus Tapparone Canefri, 1881, Tritonium nodulus Link, 1807 (Horton et al., 2021).; (C. muricinum) CDRS: 1015, 1031, 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. muricinum) Widely distributed

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• Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
• 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.