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Crepidula excavata (Broderip, 1834)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 460
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 168
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 72
  • Paredes & Cardoso (2007) La familia Calyptraeidae en Perú (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda). - p. 178
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 34

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 69 localities (35.03 %)
Sediment21 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The maximum length is 52mm according to the literature; beach finds remain below 45mm in length.

Images

Length 36.5mm.

Length 36.5mm.

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