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Anachis varia (Sowerby I, 1832)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 582
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 180

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 37 localities (18.78 %)
Sediment39 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

Internet resources give a maximum length of 22mm. Specimens of this length can be found but most material from the Gulf of California remains below 15mm.

Images

Length 21.8mm.

Length 21.8mm.

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