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Conasprella perplexa (Sowerby II, 1857)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 669
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 184
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 164
  • Tenorio et al. (2012) The families Conilithidae and Conidae - The Conus of the Eastern Pacific. - p. 30
  • Tucker & Tenorio (2013) Illustrated Catalog of the Living Cone Shells. - p. 318

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 62 localities (30.96 %)
Sediment21 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a maximum length of 40mm; a size that is nearly reached by beach specimens.

Images

Length 30.8mm.

Length 30.8mm.

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