Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Fasciolaria cingulifera Lamarck, 1816, Fusus cingulatus Röding, 1798, Fusus cingulifera (Lamarck, 1816), Lagena californica A. Adams, 1853, Lagena cingulifera (Lamarck, 1816), Leucozonia californica A. Adams, 1853, Leucozonia caribbeana Weisbord, 1962, Leucozonia cingulifera (Lamarck, 1816), Leucozonia jacarusoi Petuch, 1987, Leucozonia knorrii (Deshayes, 1843), Leucozonia trinidadensis Mallard & Robin, 2005, Murex nassa Gmelin, 1791 , Murex rubicunda Perry, 1811, Peristernia californica (A. Adams, 1853), Peristernia inculta Gould, 1860 , Turbinella angularis Reeve, 1847 , Turbinella angularis var. riiseana Küster & Kobelt, 1874, Turbinella brasiliana d'Orbigny, 1841, Turbinella cingulifera (Lamarck, 1816) , Turbinella dubia Petit de la Saussaye, 1853, Turbinella knorrii Deshayes, 1843, Turbinella nassa (Gmelin, 1791) Voluta fuscata Gmelin, 1791 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: ( L. knorrii) From Honduras, Gulf of Fonseca in Panama and probably to Ecuador.

• 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.
• Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.