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Terebra ornata Gray, 1834

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 680
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 186
  • Terryn (2007) A collectors guide to Recent Terebridae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). - p. 29
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 98
  • Lorenz & Terryn (2024) Auger Shells - Handbook to the Gastropod Family Terebridae. - p. 40

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 20 localities (10.15 %)
Sediment80 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature indicates a maximum length of 110mm; our finds are below 90mm.

Images

Length 88.1mm.

Length 88.1mm.

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