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Vermicularia pellucida (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 396
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 161
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 64
  • Anderson & Allmon (2023) Phylogeny and Systematics of Fossil and Recent Vermicularia (Caenogastropoda: Turritellidae). - p. 28

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 53 localities (26.9 %)
Sediment34 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

According to the literature the species may reach 50mm in length what is nearly reached by beach finds.

Images

Length 25.8mm.

Length 25.8mm.

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