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Leptopecten palmeri (Dall, 1897)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 91
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 289

Statistics

Frequencyrare - 8 localities (4.02 %)
Sediment12 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a length of 60mm; specimens from the Gulf are below 40mm. More common as beach find in the northern Gulf around San Felipe.

Images

Length 23.2mm.

Length 23.2mm.

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