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Taxonomy > Turbinidae > Uvanilla < Previous species - Next species > (within the family) Uvanilla unguis (Wood, 1828) Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 356 Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 157 Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 20 Gurgo Salice & Cáceres Martínez (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 124 [as Uvanilla babelis] Statistics Frequency very common - 52 localities (24.12 %) Sediment 78 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments The literature gives a maximum diameter of 63mm; beach finds are generally below 50mm. Images Larger diameter 43.9mm. Taxonomy > Turbinidae > Uvanilla < Previous species - Next species > (within the family)