Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Semele floreanensis Soot-Ryen, 1932; ANSP: 153334 (fide Coan, 1988), USNM: 752918 (fide Coan, 1988), LACM: 34-52, 38-66, 66-125 (all fide Coan, 1988), 34-43 (fide Kaiser, 1997), CAS: 35892, 064549, 064551, 064558 (fide Coan, 1988), SBMNH: 34900, 34919, 34920 (all fide Coan, 1988), UCMP: B.3603, B.3618, B.3621, B.3625 (all fide Coan, 1988), BMNH: 1986083/1 (Lectotype, type locality: Galapagos), 1986083/2-3 (Paralectotypes); ? 1986082 (Paralectotypes) (“Lord Hood’s Island”), ZMO: 41/10 (31891) (Holotype [and Paratype] of Semele floreanensis Soot-Ryen, type locality: Galapagos) (fide Coan, 1988)

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: Ecuador ( Galapagos islands)

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