Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

ANSP: 154689, USNM: 122125 (Lectotype, type locality: Galapagos), 697371 (Paralectotype), LACM: AHF 401, AHF 402, AHF 417, CDRS: 1508; Syn.: Cytharella camarina Dall, 1919 (basionym), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: Galapagos islands.

• 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.
• Dall, W.H. (1919) Descriptions of new species of mollusks of the family Turritidae from the west coast of America and adjacent regions. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 56(2288): 1-86, pls. 1-24.
• 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.