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Mulinia pallida (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 207
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 552
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 167

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 24 localities (12.18 %)
Sediment9 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

A maximum length of 93mm is reported by the literature what is even slightly exceeded by beach finds. Valves mostly disarticulated.

Images

Length 72.9mm.

Length 72.9mm.

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