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Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 276
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 894
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 174

Statistics

Frequencyrare - 6 localities (3.05 %)
Sediment21 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a length of 44mm; beach finds are much smaller.

Images

Length 12.8mm.

Length 12.8mm.

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