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Titanostrombus galeatus (Swainson, 1823)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 421
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 164
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 55
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 208
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 28

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 97 localities (49.24 %)
Sediment65 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

Internet resources and the literature reports a length of up to 240mm; specimens of nearly this length can be found. Mature specimens are sold by fishermen and souvenir shops (as the illustrated sample).

Images

Length 212mm.

Length 212mm.

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