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Triplofusus princeps (Sowerby I, 1825)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 611
  • 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
  • Michel-Morfin et al. (2014) Moluscos bentónicos de fondos blandos de la plataforma continental del sur de Jalisco y Colima. - p. 32
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 224
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 76

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 24 localities (12.18 %)
Sediment68 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature reports 400mm in length; internet resources even half a meter in length. Beach specimens are only fragments; specimens sold by fishermen are below 350mm.

Images

Length 247mm.

Length 247mm.

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