Galapagos Species Database

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Arene echinata J. H. McLean, 1970

turbante laminado, Turban

Length: 10 mm

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

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Trochida

Superfamily
Angarioidea

Family
Areneidae

Genus
Arene

Species
echinata

Taxon category: Accepted

AMNH: 154626 (Holotype), 154627 (Paratype), LACM: 1277 (Paratypes), 33-157.2, 33-166.4, 33-171.1, 33-174.2, 34-264.2 (previously misidentified as Arene ferruginosa ), 34-265.7, 34-270.1, 34-273.2, 34-276.2, 34-277.1, 34-279.3, 34-281.3, 34-282.3, 34-285.2, 34-287.1, 34-289.2, 34-290.5, 34-295.1, 34-302.3, 66-211.5, 72-196.8, 84-28.6, 84-41.9, 84-43.3

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

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

References

  • 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.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • 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, Arene echinata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8650. Accessed 5 June 2026.