Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cymatium vestitum (Hinds, 1844), Triton vestitus Hinds, 1844, Triton vestitus var. senior C. B. Adams, 1852 (Horton et al., 2021); (C. vestitum) AMHN: 110417, 164470, LACM: AHF 317-35, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG: expedition to the Galapagos, 1993 Acc name.: Monoplex vestitus (Hinds, 1844) fide appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: (C. vestitum) Mexico(Manzanillo) to Ecuador including Galapagos Islands

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