Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Turritella rubescens
caracol tornillo, Screw shell
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
[unassigned] Caenogastropoda
Superfamily
Cerithioidea
Family
Turritellidae
Genus
Turritella
Species
rubescens
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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.
- Pitt, W.D. James, M.J., Hickman, C.S., Lipps, J.H. & Pitt, L.J. (1986) Late Cenozoïc marine mollusks from tuff cones in the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 44(12): 269-282.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Turritella rubescens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9979. Accessed 9 June 2026.