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Penethais triangularis (Blainville, 1832)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 549
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 116
  • Battaglia & Bertoli Battaglia (2020) Seashells of Las Perlas / Conchiglie delle Isole delle Perle. - p. 38
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 106
  • Houart (2024) A classification update of the subfamilies, genera and species of living Muricidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea) with notes on recently named taxa and additional comments.
    - Fig. 3AB

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 25 localities (12.69 %)
Sediment78 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a maximum length of 33mm that is slightly exceeded by beach finds.

Images

Length 24.6mm.

Length 24.6mm.

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