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Columbella fuscata Sowerby I, 1832

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 574
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 178
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 128
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 72
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 72 [as Columbella socorroensis]
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 72 [as Columbella sonsonatensis]

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 32 localities (16.24 %)
Sediment68 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature indicates a maximum length of 24mm. Beach finds reach 20mm.

Images

Length 18.4mm.

Length 18.4mm.

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