Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Bathybermudia carynae F. Haas, 1949, Cryptogemma benthima (Dall, 1908) Gemmula benthima Dall, 1908, Gemmula truncata (Schepman, 1913), Pleurotoma (Gemmula) truncata Schepman, 1913, Pleurotoma phymatias R. B. Watson, 1886, Ptychosyrinx carynae (F. Haas, 1949) (Horton et al., 2021).; (C. benthima)USNM: 96485 (Paralectotype, type locality: Galapagos), 123090 (Paralectotype), MCZ27892 (Paralectotype)

Origin: Native

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