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Galeropsis monodonta (Blainville, 1832)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 548
  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 546 [as Quoyula madreporarum]
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 122 [as Quoyula madreporarum]
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 112

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 27 localities (13.71 %)
Sediment50 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

Internet resources report a maximum length of 35mm; beach finds reach about 25mm.

Images

Length 26mm.

Length 26mm.

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