Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Finet (2001): Nassarius taeniolatus (Philippi, 1845) is probably a synonym of N. gayii (Kiener, 1834), from Chile (Cernohorsky, 1975; Skoglund, 1992); LACM: AHF 410, AHF 440, AHF 449, AHF 149-34, AHF 157-34, AHF 177-34, AHF 193-34, AHF 329-35 (all as N. taeniolatus), MHNG: 993-153 (as N. taeniolatus), CAS: 23157 (as N. taeniolatus)

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

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

Distribution: Central America and Ecuador including Galapagos Islands

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