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Heliacus areola bicanaliculatus (Valenciennes, 1832)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 389 [as Heliacus bicanaliculatus]
  • Bieler (1993) Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). - p. 196
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 183
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 132

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 17 localities (8.63 %)
Sediment71 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

A maximal diameter of 20mm is indicated by the literature, a value that is nearly reached by beach finds.

Images

Larger diameter 16mm.

Larger diameter 16mm.

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