Taxonomy > Cypraeidae > Macrocypraea
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Macrocypraea cervinetta californiensis Lorenz, 2017
- Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 493 [as Cypraea cervinetta]
- Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 170 [as Cypraea cervinetta]
- Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 87 [as Macrocypraea cervinetta]
- Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 198 [as M. cervinetta]
- Lorenz (2017) Cowries - A Guide to the Gastropod Family Cypraeidae: Volume 1: Biology and Systematics. - p. 290
- Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 38 [as Macrocypraea cervinetta]
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Statistics
| Frequency | occasional
- 21 localities (10.15 %) |
| Sediment | 72 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) |
Size and comments
Up to 115mm in length. Beach finds remain below 100mm, and are mostly damaged (as shown here by the first image). In places sold by fishermen or at souvenir shops (as the second specimen).
Images
Length 75.7mm.
Length 77.2mm.
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