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Plesiothyreus malonei (Vanatta, 1912)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 361
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 22

Statistics

Frequencyrare - 6 localities (3.05 %)
Sediment55 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a length of nearly 20mm; beach finds reach 15mm.

Images

Larger diameter 12.5mm.

Larger diameter 12.5mm.

Taxonomy > Phenacolepadidae > Plesiothyreus


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