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Enaeta cumingii (Broderip, 1832)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 619
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 145
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 226
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 102

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 47 localities (23.86 %)
Sediment64 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature and internet resources give a maximum length of 40mm; beach finds reach 30mm. Well preserved specimens are rare; the apex is mostly damaged.

Images

Length 28.8mm.

Length 28.8mm.

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