Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Amaea deroyae
espiral derro, De Roy wentletrap
Height: 23 mm; width: 7.3 mm.
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), subtidal
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
[unassigned] Caenogastropoda
Superfamily
Epitonioidea
Family
Epitoniidae
Genus
Amaea
Species
deroyae
Taxon category: Accepted
AMNH: 152604 (Paratypes), 152605 (Paratypes), LACM: 1236 (Holotype, type locality: Galapagos), 1239 (Paratypes), AHF 473, AHF 816-38
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Gulf of California to Ecuadaor including Galapagos Islands. A similar species in the Atlantic.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- DuShane, H. (1970) Two new Epitoniidae from the Galapagos Islands (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger 12(3): 330-332.
- Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Amaea deroyae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8077. Accessed 30 October 2026.