Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cotonopsis deroyae
columbélida derroy
Length: 53 mm
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), subtidal
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Buccinoidea
Family
Columbellidae
Genus
Cotonopsis
Species
deroyae
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Strombina deroyae, AMNH: 146277 (Holotype, type locality: Galapagos), 162145, USNM: 812839, CDRS: 782, 869, GKRO: n° 2520
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos Islands), also Costa Rica (Cocos Island)
- 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.
- Emerson, W.K. D'Attilio, A. (1969) A new species of Strombina from the Galapagos Islands. The Veliger 11(3): 195-197.
- 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.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cotonopsis deroyae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8697. Accessed 4 June 2026.