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Cheilea cepacea (Broderip, 1834)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 458
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 72
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres Martínez (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 56

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 26 localities (11.56 %)
Sediment73 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a maximum diameter of 37mm; beach specimens remain below 30mm. Probably not this rare but very thin and fragile.

Images

Larger diameter 29.3mm.

Larger diameter 29.3mm.

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