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Cerithium uncinatum (Gmelin, 1791)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 411
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 52
  • Battaglia & Bertoli Battaglia (2020) Seashells of Las Perlas / Conchiglie delle Isole delle Perle. - p. 11
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 20 [as Cerithium mediolaeve]

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 26 localities (13.2 %)
Sediment59 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature reports a maximum length of 35mm; beach finds may reach about 30mm.

Images

Length 23.7mm.

Length 23.7mm.

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