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Leucozonia tuberculata (Broderip, 1833)

latirus abultado, Knobbed latirus

Length: 45 mm; diameter: 26 mm.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), midlittoral and subtidal.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Neogastropoda

Superfamily
Buccinoidea

Family
Fasciolariidae

Genus
Leucozonia

Species
tuberculata

Taxon category: Accepted

Type locality: Galapagos; AMNH: 6851, 48134, 110474, 110743, ANSP: 81745, 81746, 81751, 152513, 153149, 153190, 153353, 153427, 153524, 153566, 154793, 170344, 215729, 219729, 324434, USNM: 56228, 102314, 102501, 132797, 472567, 617390, 678884, LACM: HH-223, BMNH: acc. n° 2271: 4 specimens (Charles Lyell coll., C. Darwin material), MHNG: 17711, 964-138, 993-156, 993-180, CDRS: 479 A, 480, 483, 706, 1038, 1160, 1161, 1556, 1557, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG expedition to the Galapagos, 1993

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

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

Distribution: Cocos Island, Costa Rica and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

References

  • 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.
  • Broderip, W.J. (1833) In Broderip, W.J. & Sowerby, G.B.: Characters of new species of Mollusca and Conchifera, collected by Mr. Cuming. Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1833): 4-8 (May 17), 52-56 (May 24), 82-85 (Sept. 8).
  • Bustamante, R.H. Vinueza, L.R., Smith, F., Banks, S., Calvopiña, M., Francisco, V., Chiriboga, A., Harris, J. (2002) Comunidades submareales rocosas I: Organismos sésiles y mesoinvertebrados móviles. In: Danulat, E. & Edgar, G.J. (eds.) (2002): Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 38-67.
  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • 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.
  • 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, Leucozonia tuberculata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8113. Accessed 10 June 2026.