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Brachidontes adamsianus (Dunker, 1857)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 61
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 112

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 30 localities (15.23 %)
Sediment64 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a length of 25mm that is far not reached by beach finds.

Images

Length 13.9mm.

Length 13.9mm.

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