Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Rhinoclavis gemmata
Pada con cuentas, Beaded cerith
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
[unassigned] Caenogastropoda
Superfamily
Cerithioidea
Family
Cerithiidae
Genus
Rhinoclavis
Species
gemmata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cerithium gemmatum Hinds, 1844, Cerithium tenuisculptum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855, Clava californica Dall, 1919, Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) gemmata (Hinds, 1844)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: (C. gemmatum) Baja California to Ecuador including Galapagos Islands
- 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, Rhinoclavis gemmata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20469. Accessed 1 November 2026.