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Caviturritella gonostoma (Valenciennes, 1832)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 392
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 161
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 48
  • Ortíz-Arellano & Flores-Campaña (2008) Catalogo descriptivo e ilustrado de los moluscos de la zona Intermareal de las islas de la bahía de Navachiste, Sinaloa, México. - p. 99
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 24

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 80 localities (40.1 %)
Sediment23 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The maximum length of 163mm as indicated by the literature is nearly reached by beach finds.

Images

Length 106.7mm.

Length 106.7mm.

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