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Pusio elegans (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 560
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 124

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 60 localities (29.95 %)
Sediment30 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature reports a maximum length of 65mm; specimens with a length of up to 55mm have been found.

Images

Length 47mm.

Length 47mm.

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