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Volutella caestus (Broderip, 1833)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 632
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 150
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 81, 118

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 36 localities (18.27 %)
Sediment71 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

Maximum length according to the literature 150mm. Beach specimens may reach 110mm.

Images

Length 74.6mm.

Length 74.6mm.

Taxonomy > Vasidae > Volutella


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