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Agaronia testacea (Lamarck, 1811)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 625
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 182
  • López et al. (1988) A review of the genus Agaronia in the Panamic Province and the description of two new species from Nicaragua. - p. 299
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 149
  • Sterba (2004) Olividae - A collectors Guide - p. 114
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 227

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 69 localities (34.52 %)
Sediment24 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a maximum length of 66mm; this size is almost reached by beach finds.

Images

Length 53.2mm.

Length 53.2mm.

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