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Limaria orbignyi (Lamy, 1930)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 100
  • Ortíz-Arellano & Flores-Campaña (2008) Catalogo descriptivo e ilustrado de los moluscos de la zona Intermareal de las islas de la bahía de Navachiste, Sinaloa, México. - p. 70
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 323

Statistics

Frequencyrare - 8 localities (4.06 %)
Sediment10 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a maximum height of 50mm which is far not reached by beach finds. Fragile and disarticulated valves.

Images

Height 27.4mm.

Height 27.4mm.

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