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Cancellaria obesa Sowerby I, 1832

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 647
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p.157
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 232

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 35 localities (17.77 %)
Sediment67 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

Maximum length 65mm according to internet resources. Beach finds remain below 50mm, but most specimens are smaller, not exceeding 35mm.

Images

Length 26.7mm.

Length 26.7mm.

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