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Mactrotoma californica (Conrad, 1837)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p, 204
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 549
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres Martínez (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 150

Statistics

Frequencyrare - 7 localities (3.52 %)
Sediment6 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a length of 55mm; beach finds may reach 45mm.

Images

Length 27.4mm.

Length 27.4mm.

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