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Diodora alta (Adams, 1852)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 313
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 5
  • Ortíz-Arellano & Flores-Campaña (2008) Catalogo descriptivo e ilustrado de los moluscos de la zona Intermareal de las islas de la bahía de Navachiste, Sinaloa, México. - p. 89
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 138
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 138 [as Diodora pusilla]

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 59 localities (29.44 %)
Sediment30 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The maximum length of 22mm as indicated by the literature is nearly reached by beach finds.

Images

Length 16.8mm.

Length 16.8mm.

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