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Chionopsis pulicaria (Broderip, 1835)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 188
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 766

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 53 localities (26.9 %)
Sediment19 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The indicated maximum length is 62mm; beach specimens reach around 55mm.

Images

Length 49.1mm.

Length 49.1mm.

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