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Acar gradata (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 40
  • Huber (2010) Compendium of Bivalves. A Full-Color Guide to 3'300 of the World's Marine Bivalves. A Status on Bivalvia after 250 Years of Research. - p. 130
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 161
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 210

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 21 localities (10.66 %)
Sediment63 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature indicates a maximum length of 37mm; beach finds from the Gulf remain below 30mm.

Images

Length 19.6mm.

Length 19.6mm.

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