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Glossaulax reclusiana (Deshayes, 1839)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 482
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 168
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 82
  • Torigoe & Inaba (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. - p. 25
  • Berschauer & Clark (2018) Sea Shells of Southern California. Marine Shells of the Californian Province. - p. 62 [as Neverita reculsiana]
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 46

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 106 localities (53.3 %)
Sediment20 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

A maximum length of about 90mm is reported by the literature; beach finds remain below 70mm.

Images

Length 61mm.

Length 61mm.

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