Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Coralliophila madreporara, Coralliophila madreporaria (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834), Coralliophila madreporarum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834), Coralliophila monodonta (Blainville, 1832), Purpura madreporarum G. B. Sowerby I, 1834, Purpura monodonta Blainville, 1832, Purpura monodonta Quoy & Gaimard, 1833, Quoyula madreporarum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834), Quoyula monodonta (Blainville, 1832), Rhizochilus madreporarum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) fide Horton et al. ( 2021).

Origin: Native

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

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