Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Olivella drangai
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth).
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
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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.