Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

AMNH: 110446, 128047, 139504, 187560, ANSP: 153228, 170314, USNM: 678893, LACM: 71-52, AHF 80-33, AHF 188-34, CAS: 38865, 38916, CDRS: 414, 866, 1134, 1275, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG expedition to the Galapagos, 1993; Syn.: Ranella pyramidalis Broderip, 1833 (basionym), fide Appeltans et al.(2010)

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

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

Distribution: México to Panamá and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

• Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
• 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.
• Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.