Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Murex aculeatus W. Wood, 1828, Murex dubius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841, Murexsul zeteki (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951), Muricidea dubius (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841), Muricopsis zeteki Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951, Zetekopsis zeteki (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951) fide Horton et al. ( 2021).

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: (M. zeteki) Gulf of California to Ecuador including Galapagos Islands.

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• 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.
• Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.