Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pseudopusula galapagensis
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Superfamily
Velutinoidea
Family
Triviidae
Genus
Pseudopusula
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cypraea (Trivia) galapagensis Melvill, 1900, Dolichupis pulloidea (Dall & Ochsner, 1928), Niveria galapagensis (Melvill, 1900), Trivia galapagensis (Melvill, 1900), Trivia pulloidea Dall & Ochsner, 1928 (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: (Cypraea (Trivia) galapagensis) (Albermarle) Isabela Island- Galapagos (Meville, 1900)
- 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.
- Melvill, J. C. (1900) Description of two species of Cypraea, both of the subgenus Trivia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 7, 6: 207-210.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pseudopusula galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20402. Accessed 1 November 2026.