Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hesperisternia jugosa
Gasterópodo, Gastropod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Buccinoidea
Family
Pisaniidae
Genus
Hesperisternia
Species
jugosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Engina jugosa (C. B. Adams, 1852), Ricinula jugosa C. B. Adams, 1852 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- 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. (1971) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru- Second Edition. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 2nd edition, 1064 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Hesperisternia jugosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20105. Accessed 5 November 2026.