Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cantharus (Gemophos) janellii (Keen, 1971); Purpura janellii Kiener, 1836, Cantharus (Gemophos) is unaccepted and the accepted aame is Gemophos Olsson & Harbison, 1953 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: (Cantharus (Gemophos) janellii) Galapagos Islands to Perú (Hickman & Finet, 1999)

• Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 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.
• 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.