Galapagos Species Database
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Firoloida desmarestia
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Superfamily
Pterotracheoidea
Family
Pterotracheidae
Genus
Firoloida
Species
desmarestia
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cyclostrema minutum Jeffreys, 1883, Cyclostrema solutum di Geronimo, 1974, Firola gaimardi d'Orbigny, 1836, Firola lesueurii d'Orbigny, 1836, Firola liguriae (Issel, 1907), Firolella gracilis Troschel, 1855, Firolella vigilans Troschel, 1855, Firoloida aculeata Lesueur, 1817, Firoloida blainvilleana Lesueur, 1817, Firoloida demarestia Lesueur, 1817, Firoloida kowalewskyi Vayssière, 1904, Firoloida liguriae Issel, 1907, Pterotrachea lesueri Risso, 1826 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Firoloida desmarestia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19971. Accessed 4 November 2026.