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Cerithium stercusmuscarum Valenciennes, 1832

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 411
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 164
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 52
  • 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. 102
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 191
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 20
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 20 [as Cerithium stercusmuscarum giuliae]

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 75 localities (36.55 %)
Sediment21 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The maximum length of 36mm is not reached; beach finds remain below 30mm.

Images

Length 22.8mm.

Length 22.8mm.

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