Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Simnia macleani
Gasterópodo, Gastropod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Superfamily
Cypraeoidea
Family
Ovulidae
Genus
Simnia
Species
macleani
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Delonovolva macleani C. N. Cate, 1976, Neosimnia macleani (C. N. Cate, 1976) (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- Cate, C.N. (1976) Five new Species of Ovulidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger 19(2): 159-162.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Simnia macleani", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist?species=20007. Accessed 6 June 2026.