Class  GASTROPODA

Main  features  of  the  class : 

Gastropods

603  species  of  gastropods  have  been  recorded  from  the  Galápagos  Islands 
( FINET, 1994, updated ).


List  of  families  and  species  of  Gastropods  

known  from  the  Galápagos

 

PROSOBRANCHIA

Archaeogastropoda

 

PROSOBRANCHIA

Caenogastropoda

ex - Mesogastropoda

 

PROSOBRANCHIA

Caenogastropoda

Neogastropoda

 

HETEROBRANCHIA

 

 

OPISTHOBRANCHIA

 

PULMONATA

Haliotidae
Scissurellidae
Fissurellidae
Lottiidae
Trochidae
Skeneidae
Turbinidae
Pelycidiidae
Neritidae
Phenacolepadidae
Littorinidae
Rissoidae
Anabathridae
Barleeidae
Assimineidae
Elachisinidae
Vitrinellidae
Caecidae
Tornidae
Vermetidae
Turritellidae
Modulidae
Cerithiidae
Litiopidae
Planaxidae
(Fossarinae)
Batillariidae
Strombidae
Hipponicidae
Vanikoridae
Calyptraeidae
Capulidae
Naticidae
Lamellariidae
Triviidae
Cypraeidae
Ovulidae
Tonnidae
Cassidae
Ranellidae
Personidae
Bursidae
Carinariidae
Pterotracheidae
Cerithiopsidae
Triforidae
Triphoridae
Epitoniidae
Janthinidae
Eulimidae
Muricidae
Coralliophilidae
Buccinidae
(Colubrariinae)
Nassariidae
Fasciolariidae
Columbellidae
Volutidae
Harpidae
Turbinellidae
Olividae
Marginellidae
Mitridae
Costellariidae
Cancellariidae
Conidae
Terebridae
Driliidae
Pseudomelatomidae
Strictispiridae
Turridae
Rissoellidae
Orbitestellidae
Architectonicidae
Pyramidellidae

CEPHALASPIDEA
Acteonidae
Cylichnidae
Aglajidae
Bullidae
Haminoeidae
Retusidae
Runcinidae


THECOSOMATA
Cavoliniidae
Limacinidae


ANASPIDEA
Aplysiidae


SACOGLOSSA
Juliidae
Oxynoidae
Caliphyllidae

Onchididae
Melampidae
Siphonariidae



Yves Finet, Invertebrates Department
Natural History Museum of the
City of Geneva
Cultural Affairs Department
2005/05