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Taxonomy > Cardiidae > Americardia < Previous species - Next species > (within the family) Americardia planicostata (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1833) Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 157 [as Trigoniocardia (Americardia) guanacastensis] 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. 301 Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 419 ter Poorten (2024) A Taxonomic Iconography of Living Cardiidae. - p. 190 [as "Americardia" planicostata] Statistics Frequency common - 32 localities (16.24 %) Sediment 43 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments A maximum length of 44mm is indicated by the literature; beach finds remain below 40mm. Images Length 33.4mm. Taxonomy > Cardiidae > Americardia < Previous species - Next species > (within the family)