Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cassis tenuis; AMNH: 23340, 110390, 110713, ANSP: 81747, 81755, 153392, LACM: 71-54, A.2777, C-473, CAS: several lots (ex.: 46280, 58108), BMNH: acc. no. 2271: 1 specimen (Charles Lyell coll., C. Darwin material), MHNG: 12094, 12095, 12096 (Holotype of Cassis massenae Kiener, 1835), CDRS: 236, 1013, 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: Gulf of California to Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

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