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Cerithium menkei Carpenter, 1857

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 411
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 51
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 20
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 20 [as Cerithium gallapaginis]

Statistics

Frequencyrare - 12 localities (6.09 %)
Sediment50 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature indicates a length of 16mm; beach finds remain below 15mm. Restricted to the extreme SW of the Gulf.

Images

Length 12.6mm.

Length 12.6mm.

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