Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Dolabella auricularia ([Lightfoot], 1786)

liebre extremo romo, Bluntend seahare

Length: 20 cm.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), subtidal.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Aplysiida

Superfamily
Aplysioidea

Family
Aplysiidae

Genus
Dolabella

Species
auricularia

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Distribution: Widely distributed

References

  • 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.