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Calyptraea mamillaris Broderip, 1834

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 456
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 166
  • Paredes & Cardoso (2007) La familia Calyptraeidae en Perú (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda). - p. 177
  • Ortíz-Arellano & Flores-Campaña (2008) Catalogo descriptivo e ilustrado de los moluscos de la zona Intermareal de las islas de la bahía de Navachiste, Sinaloa, México. - p. 104

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 55 localities (27.41 %)
Sediment9 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

Up to 38mm in diameter according to the literature and internet resources; this size is exceeded by beach finds.

Images

Larger diameter 23mm.

Larger diameter 23mm.

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