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Phrontis tiarula (Kiener, 1841)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 610
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 180
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 142
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 223
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 68

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 34 localities (17.26 %)
Sediment17 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

Tje literature indicates a maximum length of 23mm; beach finds remain below 20mm.

Images

Length 11.5mm.

Length 11.5mm.

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