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Columbella strombiformis Lamarck, 1822

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 576
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 178
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 128
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 72

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 73 localities (37.06 %)
Sediment61 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a maximum length of 32mm. Specimens almost reaching this size can be found, but most material is below 25mm.

Images

Length 29.1mm.

Length 29.1mm.

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