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Hypterita helicoides (Gray, 1825)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 478
  • 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. 30

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 14 localities (7.11 %)
Sediment8 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

Largest diameter up to 70mm according to the literature; beach finds reach 60mm.

Images

Larger diameter 50.5mm.

Larger diameter 50.5mm.

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