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Taxonomy > Margaritidae > Pinctada Pinctada mazatlanica (Hanley, 1856) Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 79 Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 139 Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 215 Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 152 Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 196 Statistics Frequency very common - 75 localities (38.07 %) Sediment 59 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments The maximum length according to the literature is 150mm; beach finds reach about 100mm. Images Length 78.1mm. Taxonomy > Margaritidae > Pinctada