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Phyllocoma scalariformis (Broderip, 1833)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 532
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 113
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 112

Statistics

Frequencyrare - 7 localities (3.55 %)
Sediment70 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature indicates a maximum length of 42mm; beach may reach 35mm.

Images

Length 35.2mm.

Length 35.2mm.

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