Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Type locality: Galapagos; Syn.: Drillia roseobasis Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902 (non E.A. Smith, 1888), type locality: Galapagos; Pleurotoma roseotincta Dall, 1918 (nom. nov.) (non Montrouzier, 1872), Pleurotoma testudinis Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1923 (nom. nov., unnecessary), Cymatosyrinx zeteki Dall & Ochsner, 1928 (Pleistocene), type locality: Galapagos; ANSP: 81948 (Holotype of Drillia roseobasis Pilsbry & Vanatta), 315896 (Paratype of Drillia roseobasis), 317241, 341375, USNM: 678941, 812790, LACM: several specimens (ex.: A.5498, C-603, AHF 59-33, AHF 187-34, AHF 189-34, AHF 204-34, AHF 323-35, AHF 325-35, AHF 327-35, AHF 330-35, AHF 347-35, AHF 360-35, CAS: 32567, 38893, 2914 (Holotype of Cymatosyrinx zeteki Dall & Ochsner, probable Pleistocene fossil), 2915 (Paratype of C. zeteki, probable Pleistocene fossil), BMNH: 1963860 (Syntypes of Pleurotoma albicostata Sowerby), MHNG: 993-159, CDRS: 531, 533, 808, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, 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: Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

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• Pilsbry, H.A. Vanatta, E.G. (1902) Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898-1899. XIII: Marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 4: 549-560.