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Oliva incrassata (Lightfoot, 1786)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 622
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 182
  • Waters (1994) Oliva incrassata [Lightfoot, 1786], an usual form from el Golfo de Santa Clara, Sonora, Mexico. - p. 45
  • Tursch & Greifeneder (2001) Oliva shells – the genus Oliva and the species problem. - p. 421
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 146
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 146
  • Sterba (2004) Olividae - A collectors Guide - p. 100
  • Hunon et al. (2009) Olividae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). - p. 186
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 228
  • Battaglia & Bertoli Battaglia (2020) Seashells of Las Perlas / Conchiglie delle Isole delle Perle. - p. 79
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 100
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 100 [as Oliva polpasta]

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 99 localities (49.75 %)
Sediment31 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

A large species with up to 95mm in length. Specimens larger than 60mm are rare; but beach finds may reach up to 85mm.

Images

Length 37.7mm.

Length 37.7mm.

Length 69.1mm.

Length 69.1mm.

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