Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Dolium dentatum Barnes, 1824; D. personatum Menke, 1828; M. latilabris and crassilabris Valenciennes, 1832; D. plicosum Deshayes & Milne-Edwards, 1843: ANSP: 15706, 153401, 153532, MHNG: 12021, CDRS: 234, 1000, 1003, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

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

Distribution: Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, to Paita and Gulf of California to Peru and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

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