Galapagos Species Database
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Subulina octona
Description (shell): Shell with 9 to 11 whorls quite convex, imperforate, thin, translucent, turrited, regularly tapering to the obtuse summit, irregularly wrinkle-striate, parted by a deep and in places irregularly crenulated suture, the first 2 1/2 or 3 whorls regularly crenulated by a series of short, fine subsutural folds; yellowish-corneous, very glossy; aperture small, ovate, somewhat oblique; outer lip thin; columella concave above, obliquely and deeply truncate at its base (Pilsbry 1946) (Miquel & Herrera, 2014).
Records in CDF collection: In agricultural areas of Isabela and San Cristóbal and in Santa Cruz (urban area and Scalesia zone) (Miquel & Herrera, 2014).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Superfamily
Achatinoidea
Family
Subulinidae
Genus
Subulina
Species
octona
Taxon category: Accepted
Synonymised names Hyalinia chathamensis Dall, 1893 (original combination) Retinella chathamensis (Dall, 1893) (unaccepted combination)
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1966
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz Island.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Subulina octona", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6974. Accessed 4 May 2025.