Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Asperiscala minuticosta
espiral costillas angostas, Snail
Length: 35 mm
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), subtidal.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Caenogastropoda
Superfamily
Epitonioidea
Family
Epitoniidae
Genus
Asperiscala
Species
minuticosta
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Epitonium nesioticum Dall & Ochsner, 1928 (Pleistocene), ANSP: 81964, LACM: AHF 187-34, CAS: 2928 (Holotype of Epitonium nesioticum, type locality: Galapagos), 2929, 2930 and 2931 (Paratypes of E. nesioticum)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Southem California to Panama and the Galapagos Islands (Hickman & Finet, 1999).
- Dall, W.H. Ochsner, W. (1928) Tertiary and Pleistocene mollusca from the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series, 17(4): 89-139.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Asperiscala minuticosta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8685. Accessed 31 October 2026.