WoRMS taxon details
Holotype USNM 19357, geounit Galapagos Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 549 m. [details]
Distribution Eastern Pacific Ocean. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet insulana is a Latin adjective meaning 'insular' or 'of or pertaining to an island', and refers clearly to the type locality of the species, Hood or Española Island, in the Galapagos Archipelago. [details]
Habitat Broken shells and Globigerina ooze, at about 550 m. [details]
Type locality Galapagos Islands, 4 miles S.E. of Hood Island (= Española Island), Pacific Ocean (-1.5014°, -89.5833°), 549 m, bottom of broken shells and Globigerina ooze. [details]
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