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Americardia biangulata (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 157
  • Huber (2010) Compendium of Bivalves. - p. 300
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 419
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 165
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres Martínez (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 154
  • ter Poorten (2024) A Taxonomic Iconography of Living Cardiidae. - p. 190 [as "Americardia" biangulata]

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 153 localities (67.34 %)
Sediment51 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature indicates a maximum length of 42mm; this value is clearly exceeded by beach finds. Valves mostly disarticulated.

Images

Length 30.4mm.

Length 30.4mm.

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