Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Boreoscala rhytida
Gasterópodo, Gastropod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
[unassigned] Caenogastropoda
Superfamily
Epitonioidea
Family
Epitoniidae
Genus
Boreoscala
Species
rhytida
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Asperiscala rhytida (Dall, 1917), Epitonium rhytidum Dall, 1917 (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Endemic
- Dall, W.H. (1917) Notes on the shells of the genus Epitonium and its allies of the Pacific coast of America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 53(2217): 471-488.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 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, Boreoscala rhytida", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20020. Accessed 1 November 2026.