Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hemiliostraca elegantissima
Caracol, Shell
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Superfamily
Vanikoroidea
Family
Eulimidae
Genus
Hemiliostraca
Species
elegantissima
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
- 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, Hemiliostraca elegantissima", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20414. Accessed 31 October 2026.