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Nerita scabricosta Lamarck, 1822

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 359
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 158
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 21
  • 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. 94
  • Battaglia & Bertoli Battaglia (2020) Seashells of Las Perlas / Conchiglie delle Isole delle Perle. - p. 2
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 126

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 98 localities (49.24 %)
Sediment54 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

Up to 54mm in its largest diameter according to the literature; beach specimens from the Gulf remain below 40mm.

Images

Larger diameter 31.1mm.

Larger diameter 31.1mm.

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