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Parvanachis pygmaea (Sowerby I, 1832)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 585
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 132
  • Battaglia & Bertoli Battaglia (2020) Seashells of Las Perlas / Conchiglie delle Isole delle Perle. - p. 64
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres Martínez (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 72

Statistics

Frequencyrare - 7 localities (3.52 %)
Sediment50 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a maximum length of 6mm that is slightly exceeded by beach finds. More common at the southernmost part of the peninsula of Baja California.

Images

Length 7.1mm.

Length 7.1mm.

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