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Taxonomy > Muricidae > Muricanthus < Previous species - Next species > (within the family) Muricanthus nigritus (Philippi, 1845) Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 523 Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 174 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. 117 Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 215 Houart & Wiedrick (2021) Review of Muricanthus Swainson, 1840 and some Recent species assigned to Hexaplex s.s. Perry, 1810, Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 and Phyllonotus Swainson, 1833. - p. 32 Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 110 Statistics Frequency very common - 82 localities (41.62 %) Sediment 24 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments According to the literature 200m in length; beach finds remain below 140mm. Larger specimens can be found on shell middens. Often sold by fishermen or in souvenir shops. Images Length 80.3mm. Taxonomy > Muricidae > Muricanthus < Previous species - Next species > (within the family)