Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) deroyana Berry, 1968 (Horton et al., 2021), Pteropurpura (Centrifuga) deroyana Berry, 1968 (Sweeney & Roper, 1984). AMNH: 157623, 157624, LACM: 11149, 66-207, AHF 788-38, SBMNH 34634 (Holotype, type localiy: Galapagos), 34635 (Paratypes), 34636 (Paratypes), 34637 (Paratype), CDRS: 867

Origin: Endemic

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

Distribution: South Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Island in Santa Cruz (NMNH, 2021).

• 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.
• 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.
• Kay, E.A. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos. Determinants of insular marine Faunas. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 235-252.
• NMNH (2021) National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Https://collections.nmnh.si.edu