Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Notocochlis chemnitzii (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)

Caracol lunar, Moonsnail

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Littorinimorpha

Superfamily
Naticoidea

Family
Naticidae

Genus
Notocochlis

Species
chemnitzii

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Natica chemnitzii L. Pfeiffer, 1840, Natica pritchardi Forbes, 1852, Natica undata Philippi, 1852 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

References

  • Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Notocochlis chemnitzii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20411. Accessed 7 June 2026.