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Columbella haemastoma Sowerby I, 1832

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 574
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 128
  • Battaglia & Bertoli Battaglia (2020) Seashells of Las Perlas / Conchiglie delle Isole delle Perle. - p. 55 [as Columbella strombiformis]
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 72

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 61 localities (30.96 %)
Sediment61 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The maximum length of 26mm as indicated by the literature is nearly reached by beach finds.

Images

Length 18mm.

Length 18mm.

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