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Oliva polpasta (Duclos, 1833)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 624
  • Tursch & Greifeneder (2001) Oliva shells – the genus Oliva and the species problem. - p. 413
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 147
  • Sterba (2004) Olividae - A collectors Guide - p. 104
  • Hunon et al. (2009) Olividae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). - p. 204
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 228
  • Vervaet (2018) The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. - p. 4

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 27 localities (13.71 %)
Sediment37 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

A maximum height of 47mm is reported by the literature what is nearly reached by beach finds.

Images

Length 45.1mm.

Length 45.1mm.

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