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Siphonaria palmata Carpenter, 1857

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 852
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 228

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 16 localities (8.12 %)
Sediment50 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a maximum length of 36mm; beach finds reach around 30mm. The taxonomic status of the species is uncertain.

Images

Length 21.6mm.

Length 21.6mm.

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