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Taxonomy > Spondylidae > Spondylus < Previous species - Next species > (within the family) Spondylus limbatus Sowerby II, 1847 Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 109 [as Spondylus calcifer] Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 141 [as Spondylus calcifer] Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 310 Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 161 Lodeiros et al. (2016) et al. Spondylids of Eastern Pacific Ocean. - p. 283 Statistics Frequency common - 44 localities (22.34 %) Sediment 56 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments The literature reports a maximum length of 249mm; beach finds remain much smaller. Images Length 100.8mm. Taxonomy > Spondylidae > Spondylus < Previous species - Next species > (within the family)