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Diodora saturnalis (Carpenter, 1864)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 316
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 153
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 5
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 138 [as Diodora inaequalis]

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 77 localities (39.09 %)
Sediment60 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The maximum length of 34mm is nearly reached by beach finds.

Images

Length 25.3mm.

Length 25.3mm.

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