Galapagos Species Database
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Gastrocopta duncana
Caracol terrestre, Land snail
Description (shell): Shell oblong, 5 ½ whorls moderately convex, the last without wave or crest behind the outer lip; surface glossy, very weakly, finely marked with growth lines; colour translucent cinnamon, aperture tawny; the aperture is shortly oval; peristome reflected, strongly thickened within, the outer lip becoming narrowed above; the terminations of lip are connected by a rather short, somewhat heavy parietal callus, thin at the edge; three or four teeth, angulo-parietal lamella strong, simple and straight, columellar lamella rather strong, horizontal, lower palatal fold rather strong, entering, the upper–palatal minute and tubercular, often wanting; the summits of the teeth are whitish; 2,75 × 1,2 mm (Pilsbry 1931).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Superfamily
Pupilloidea
Family
Vertiginidae
Genus
Gastrocopta
Species
duncana
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pupilla duncana (Pilsbry, 1931)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Pinzón Island (Miquel & Herrera, 2014).
- Miquel, S.E. Brito, F. (2019) Taxonomy and distribution of species of Gastrocopta Wollaston 1878 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Gastrocoptidae) from the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) Https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330510502
- Miquel, S.E. Herrera, W.H. (2014) Catalogue of terrestrial gastropods from Galapagos (exept Bulimulidae and Succineidae) with description of a new species of Ambrosiella odhner (Achatinellidae) Molluskenfunde 143 (2) 107-133
- Pilsbry, H.A. (1931) Appendix to Pupillidae Manual of Conchology (2) 28 (110): 49-96, pls. 9-15
- Yuan, Yao-Wu Mabberley, D., Steane, D. A., Olmstead, R. (2010) Further disintegration and redefinition of Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae): Implications for the understanding of the evolution of an intriguing breeding strategy TAXON 59 (1) • February 2010: 125–133
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"Galapagos Species Database, Gastrocopta duncana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7512. Accessed 1 November 2026.