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Lima tetrica Gould, 1851

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 98
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 321
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 162

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 45 localities (22.84 %)
Sediment67 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The species reaches a height of 73mm which is nearly reached by beach finds, but valves are mostly disarticulated.

Images

Height 62.6mm.

Height 62.6mm.

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