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Conus vittatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1782

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 664
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 162
  • Tenorio et al. (2012) The families Conilithidae and Conidae - The Conus of the Eastern Pacific. - p. 73
  • Tucker & Tenorio (2013) Illustrated Catalog of the Living Cone Shells. - p. 418

Statistics

Frequencyrare - 9 localities (4.57 %)
Sediment84 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a maximum lengt of 57mm; beach specimens reach up to 50mm. Generally poorly preserved.

Images

Length 48mm.

Length 48mm.

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