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Melampus olivacea Carpenter, 1857

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 846
  • Hertz (1999) Illustration of the types named by S. Stillman Berry in his "Leaflets in Malacology" revised. - p. 34 [as Melampus olivaceus californianus]

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 24 localities (12.18 %)
Sediment9 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a length of 16.5m; this size is nearly reached.

Images

Length 14.2mm.

Length 14.2mm.

Taxonomy > Ellobiidae > Melampus


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