Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Delonovolva aequalis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832), Delonovolva aequalis aequalis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832), Neosimnia avena (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833), Neosimnia avena avena (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833), Neosimnia capitia C. N. Cate, 1973, Neosimnia formicaria sensu J. Allan, 1956 not G. B. Sowerby I, 1828, Ovula hordacea Kiener, 1843, Ovulum aequale G. B. Sowerby I, 1832, Ovulum avena G. B. Sowerby I, 1832, Ovulum lividum Reeve, 1865, Ovulum seminulum G. B. Sowerby I, 1828, Ovulum simile G. B. Sowerby II, 1849, Simnia aequalis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832), Simnia rufa var. inflexa C. N. Cate, 1969 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: Southern Baja California to Panama.

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