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Echinolittorina modesta (Philippi, 1846)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 366
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 25
  • Battaglia & Bertoli Battaglia (2020) Seashells of Las Perlas / Conchiglie delle Isole delle Perle. - p. 6
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres Martínez (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 44
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres Martínez (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 44 [as Echinolittorina conspersa]

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 21 localities (10.55 %)
Sediment57 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature indicates a length of 20mm; beach finds reach around 15mm.

Images

Length 15.5mm.

Length 15.5mm.

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