Galapagos Species Database

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

Cochlespira cedonulli (Reeve, 1843)

Length: 35 mm.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Neogastropoda

Superfamily
Conoidea

Family
Cochlespiridae

Genus
Cochlespira

Species
cedonulli

Taxon category: Accepted

LACM: D-34, CDRS: 874; Syn.: Pleurotoma cedonulli Reeve, 1843 (basionym), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

Distribution: Gulf of California to Puerto Utria,Colombia and Galapagos islands.

References

  • 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.
  • Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 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, Cochlespira cedonulli", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9132. Accessed 15 June 2026.