Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

C. Angermeyer collection, from Rabida (Jervis) Island (C.P. Hickman, pers. comm., 1996); Cardium aspersum Sowerby I in Broderip & Sowerby I, 1833 Papyridea bullata californica Verrill, 1870. Citation: ter Poorten, J. (2009). Papyridea aspersa (Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database.

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: Baja California and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

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