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Mazatlania fulgurata (Philippi, 1846)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 588
  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 588 [as Mazatlania hesperia]
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 133
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres Martínez (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 70
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres Martínez (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 70 [as Mazatlania hesperia]

Statistics

Frequencyrare - 8 localities (4.02 %)
Sediment50 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a maximum length of 21.4mm; beach finds reach 17mm. Restricted to the extreme southwestern Gulf.

Images

Length 17mm.

Length 17mm.

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