Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Epitonium indistinctum
Gaterópodo, Gastropod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
[unassigned] Caenogastropoda
Superfamily
Epitonioidea
Family
Epitoniidae
Genus
Epitonium
Species
indistinctum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Acirsa albemarlensis Dall & Ochsner, 1928 †, Asperiscala albemarlensis (Dall & Ochsner, 1928) †, Epitonium chalceum Olsson & M. Smith, 1951, Scalaria indistincta G. B. Sowerby II, 1844, Terebra albemarlensis (Dall & Ochsner, 1928) (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Bratcher, T. Burch, R.D. (1971) The Terebridae (Gastropoda) of Clarion, Socorro, Cocos, and Galapagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 37(21): 537-566.
- 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, Epitonium indistinctum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19993. Accessed 1 November 2026.