Galapagos Species Database

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Sigapatella aperta (Solander in Brander, 1766)

Gasterópodo, Gastropod

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Littorinimorpha

Superfamily
Calyptraeoidea

Family
Calyptraeidae

Genus
Sigapatella

Species
aperta

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Calyptraea (Sigapatella) aperta (Solander in Brander, 1766) †, Calyptraea trochiformis Lamarck, 1803 †, Trochus apertus Solander in Brander, 1766 †, Trochus calyptraeformis Lamarck, 1822 † (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

References

  • 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.
  • Stearns, R.E.C. (1893) Scientific results of explorations by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross". No. XXV - Report on the mollusk-fauna of the Galapagos Islands, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 16: 353-450.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Sigapatella aperta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20080. Accessed 31 October 2026.