Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Dolabella auricularia
liebre extremo romo, Bluntend seahare
Length: 20 cm.
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), subtidal.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Aplysiida
Superfamily
Aplysioidea
Family
Aplysiidae
Genus
Dolabella
Species
auricularia
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
- 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.
- 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.
- Vinueza, L. Flores, M. (2002) Comunidades intermareales. In: Danulat, E. & Edgar, G.J. (eds.) (2002): Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 98-118.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Dolabella auricularia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8763. Accessed 12 June 2025.