Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ctena galapagana
lucina de Galápagos, Galapagos lucine
Length: 25 mm.
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), intertidal and subtidal on sand.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Lucinida
Superfamily
Lucinoidea
Family
Lucinidae
Genus
Ctena
Species
galapagana
Taxon category: Accepted
AMNH: 78070, ANSP: 81774, 81788, 153549, 170323, USNM: 96045, 102348, 102454 (Syntypes, type locality: Galapagos), LACM: 71-69, CDRS: 633, 933, 1016, 1128, 1533, 1534, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG: expedition to the Galapagos, 1993.
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: México to Perú and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
- 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.
- Dall, W.H. (1901) Synopsis of the Lucinacea and of the American species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23(1237): 779-833, pls. 39-42.
- 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, Ctena galapagana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8614. Accessed 31 October 2026.