Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

AMNH: 20139, 72244, 110482, ANSP: 50285, 81766, 81767, USNM: several lots, LACM: AHF 178-34 (was misidentified as fissurella macrotrema Sowerby (Mc Lean in Keen, 1971), plus several other lots (ex.: A 8487, AHF 793-38, AHF 803-38), BMNH: 1966393 (Syntypes), 1966384/9-11 (from the original series of syntypes of Fissurella macrotrema Sowerby, 1835: 3 specimens reidentified as F. obscura), CDRS: 301, 302, 702, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG: expedition to the Galapagos, 1993

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

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

Distribution: Mexico and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands), abundant.

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