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Architectonica nobilis Röding, 1798

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 388
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 161
  • Bieler (1993) Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). - p. 89
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 182
  • Michel-Morfin et al. (2014) Moluscos bentónicos de fondos blandos de la plataforma continental del sur de Jalisco y Colima. - p. 30
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 132

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 65 localities (32.99 %)
Sediment25 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a maximum diameter of 50mm; beach specimens remain below 45mm. Widely distributed but occurs rarely in a high number of specimens.

Images

Larger diameter 35.6mm.

Larger diameter 35.6mm.

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