Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cleospira ochsneri
túrrido bicolor, Bicolored turrid
Length: 18 mm; diameter: 6 mm.
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), low intertidal and subtidal.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Conoidea
Family
Pseudomelatomidae
Genus
Cleospira
Species
ochsneri
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pleurotoma bicolor Sowerby, 1834 (non Risso, 1826), type locality: Galapagos; ANSP: 319016, LACM: several specimens (ex.: 71-67, D-73, AHF 193-34), CAS: 9426 (“Holotype” of Monilispira ochsneri), 9427 & 9427a (“Paratypes” of Monilispira ochsneri) (see Hertlein & Strong, 1949), CDRS: 537, 538, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cleospira ochsneri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8137. Accessed 4 June 2026.