Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Alvania galapagensis Bartsch, 1911, Alvania nigrescens Bartsch & Rehder, 1939, Alvinia galapagensis (Bartsch, 1911), Lirobarleeia nigrescens (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939). Note: USNM: 207590 (Holotype and Paratypes as Alvania galapagensis, type locality: Galapagos)

Origin: Endemic

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

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