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Tribulus planospira (Lamarck, 1822)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 550
  • Kool (1993) Phylogenetic analysis of the Rapaninae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae). - p. 217
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 119
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 108

Statistics

Frequencyrare - 7 localities (3.55 %)
Sediment50 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a maximum length of nearly 80mm; beach finds remain below 55mm. Principally in the extreme south-west of the Gulf south of the Bahía de la Ventana.

Images

Length 30.3mm.

Length 30.3mm.

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