Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Microglyphis perconica
Gasterópodo, Gastropod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Superfamily
Ringiculoidea
Family
Ringiculidae
Genus
Microglyphis
Species
perconica
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Microglyphis perconicus [sic] (incorrect gender ending) (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Endemic
- Dall, W.H. (1890) Scientific results of explorations by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. No. VII: Preliminary report on the collection of Mollusca and Brachiopoda obtained in 1887-88. Proceedings of the United States National Museum (1889) 12(773): 219-362, pls. 5-14.
- 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.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Gosliner, T.M. (1991) The Opisthobranch Gastropod Fauna of the Galapagos Islands. In: M.J. James (ed.): Galápagos marine invertebrates. Taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution in Darwin´s islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 281-305.
- 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, Microglyphis perconica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20060. Accessed 31 October 2026.