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Pilosabia trigona (Gmelin, 1791)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 453 [as Hipponix pilosus]
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 166 [as Hipponix pilosus]
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 71
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 56

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 94 localities (47.72 %)
Sediment43 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature reports a diameter of 25mm. This value is exceeded by beach finds, but most specimens are smaller than 20mm.

Images

Larger diameter 20.3mm.

Larger diameter 20.3mm.

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