Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Caducifer pictus (Hickman & Finet, 1999), Colubraria pervaricosa Dall & Ochsner, 1928 (Pleistocene, type locality: Galapagos); ANSP: 81966, 153233, 153441, 227586, LACM: several lots (ex.: 71-69, 71-79, AHF 62-33, AHF 810a-38), CAS: 2921 (Holotype of Colubraria pervaricosa Dall & Ochsner), BMNH: 1966646 (Syntypes of Triton pictus Reeve, type locality: Galapagos), CDRS: 454, 455, 830, 893, MHNG expedition to the Galapagos, 1993

Origin: Endemic

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

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

Distribution: (C. pictus) Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) (Reeve, 1844, Finet, 1991; Hickman, 1999)

• Dall, W.H. Ochsner, W. (1928) Tertiary and Pleistocene mollusca from the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series, 17(4): 89-139.
• 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.
• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
• Reeve, L. (1844) Descriptions of new species of Tritons, collected chiefly by H. Cuming, Esq. in the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 110-122.