Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Acus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758), Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination), Subula maculata (Linnaeus, 1758), Terebra maculata (Linnaeus, 1758), Terebra maculata confluens Dautzenberg, 1935, Terebra maculata roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1970, Terebra maculosa L. Pfeiffer, 1840, Terebra roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939, Vertagus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: (T. maculata) Mexico to Panama, Costa Rica (Cocos Island), and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

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