Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Siphonaria characteristica, Reeve, 1856, fide Dall 1896, type locality: Galapagos; CAS: 78, 79 (Stanford Univ. coll.), BMNH: 1982035 (2 syntypes of Siphonaria characteristica Reeve, 1856)

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution: Acapulco,Mexico,to Peru and Ecuador(Galapagos islands).

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