Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Fossarus porcatus (Philippi, 1846), Littorina porcata Philippi, 1846, Nodilittorina porcata (Philippi, 1846), Peasiella roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 (Horton et al., 2021). Nodilittorina porcata (Philippi, 1846) fide Hickman (1999). Fossarus abjectus (C.B. Adams, 1852), Littorina atrata (C.B. Adams, 1852), Littorina excavata (C.B. Adams, 1852), Peasiella roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939; USNM: 472575 (Holotype of Peasiella roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, synonym of Nodilittorina porcata, fide Reid, 2002: 97); 807236 (both N. atrata and N. porcata, fide Reid, 2002: 95 & 99); ? 744226, ? 807239, ? 819207; as Littorina atrata: 216436, 701896, LACM: 33-163, 33-174, 34-276, 66-206, 72-196 (all N. porcata, fide Reid, 2002: 99);? 71-57, CAS: 3291 (ex Stanford Univ. coll.) (as Littorina excavata ), BMNH: 1968218/1 (Lectotype of Nodilittorina porcata (Philippi)); 1968218/2 (Paralectotype of Nodilittorina porcata (Philippi)); 1998193 (probable paralectotypes of Nodilittorina porcata (Philippi), fide Reid, 2002: 97), BMNH: 20001152, 20001153, 20001154 (N. atrata, fide Reid, 2002: 95), BMNH: 20001164, 20001165, 20001166 (N. porcata, fide Reid, 2002: 99), MHNG:993-133, CDRS: 711, 1228; as Peasiella roosevelti: 319, 327, 1213, 1235, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984. Littorina porcata Philippi, 1846 Finet, 2001.

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

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

Distribution: Gulf of California to Panamá and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

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