Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Purpura columellaris Lamarck, 1816; Syn.: Buccinum rudolphi W. Wood, 1828, Haustrum dentex Perry, 1811, Plicopurpura pansa (Gould, 1853), Purpura columellaris Lamarck, 1816, Purpura pansa Gould, 1853 (Horton et al., 2021). AMNH: 5341, 5342, 5381, 49856, 54568, 87124, 87132, ANSP: 34871, 36572, 81859, 81872, 111157, 152627, 153150, 153151, 153531, 153568,153569, 154824, 156225, 156272, 185710, 215701, 324479, LACM: several lots, BMNH: acc. n° 2271: 3 specimens (Charles Lyell coll., C. Darwin material), MHNG: 1101/27 (Holotype), 16081, 16082, 16083, 964-118, 993-188, CDRS: 456, 902, 1041, 1146, 1551, 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 Chile 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.
• 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.