Galapagos Species Database

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

Olivella drangai Olsson, 1956

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Neogastropoda

Superfamily
Olivoidea

Family
Olividae

Genus
Olivella

Species
drangai

Taxon category: Accepted

ANSP: 194581 (Holotype, type locality: Galapagos)

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

References

  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Olsson, A.A. (1956) Studies on the genus Olivella. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 108: 155-225, pls. 8-16.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Olivella drangai", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9726. Accessed 7 June 2026.