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Bostrycapulus latebrus Collin, 2005

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 458 [as Crepidula aculeata]
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 166 [as Crepidula aculeata]
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 72 [as Crepidula aculeata]
  • Collin (2005) Development, phylogeny, and taxonomy of Bostrycapulus (Caenogastropoda: Calyptraeidae), an ancient cryptic radiation. - p. 92
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres Martínez (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 34 [as Bostrycapulus decorus]

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 61 localities (27.14 %)
Sediment36 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature indicates a maximum length of nearly 37mm; this value is even slightly exceeded by beach finds.

Images

Length 14.8mm.

Length 14.8mm.

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