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Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 661
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 184
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 161
  • Tenorio et al. (2012) The families Conilithidae and Conidae - The Conus of the Eastern Pacific. - p. 50
  • Tucker & Tenorio (2013) Illustrated Catalog of the Living Cone Shells. - p. 328
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 237
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 82

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 70 localities (35.53 %)
Sediment71 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature indicates a maximum length of 130mm, but even large specimens generally remain below 85mm.

Images

Length 57.8mm.

Length 57.8mm.

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