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Polinices uber (Valenciennes, 1832)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 480
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 168
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 81
  • Torigoe & Inaba (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. - p. 44
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 46
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 46 [as Polinices intemeratus]

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 95 localities (47.72 %)
Sediment34 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

Up to 65mm in length according to the literature; beach specimens may reach 55mm.

Images

Length 53.7mm.

Length 53.7mm.

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