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Taxonomy > Modiolidae > Modiolus < Previous species - Next species > (within the family) Modiolus capax (Conrad, 1837) Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 72 Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 136 Huber (2010) Compendium of Bivalves. - p. 122 Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 146 Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 149 Statistics Frequency very common - 167 localities (72.86 %) Sediment 43 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments A maximum length of 188mm is indicated by the literature what is nearly reached by beach finds. Images Length 52.7mm. Taxonomy > Modiolidae > Modiolus < Previous species - Next species > (within the family)