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Echinolittorina modesta (Philippi, 1846)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 366
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 25
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 44

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 16 localities (8.12 %)
Sediment66 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature indicates a length of 20mm; beach finds reach around 15mm.

Images

Length 15.5mm.

Length 15.5mm.

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