Galapagos Species Database
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Goniofusus dupetitthouarsi
Latirus
(F. dupetitthouarsi) This is one of the longest forms in the genus,a large specimen being as much as 250 mm (10 inches).
(F. dupetitthouarsi) Shallow water (less than 200 m depth).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Buccinoidea
Family
Fasciolariidae
Genus
Goniofusus
Species
dupetitthouarsi
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Falsifusus dupetitthouarsi (Kiener, 1840), Fusinus dupetitthouarsi (Kiener, 1840), Fusus dupetitthouarsi Kiener, 1840, Fusus funiculatus Lesson, 1842 (Horton et al., 2021); (F. dupetitthouarsi) AMNH: 6702, 46723, ANSP: 36424, LACM: 66-210, AHF 346-35, CDRS: 715, 1008
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: (F. dupetitthouarsi) The outer coast of Baja California, Gulf and south to Ecuador including Galápagos islands.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- 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.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Goniofusus dupetitthouarsi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19975. Accessed 1 April 2025.