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Plicatula spondylopsis Rochebrune, 1895

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 94
  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 94 [as Plicatula inezana]
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 315

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 39 localities (19.8 %)
Sediment64 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The largest dimension is about 50mm according to the literature; this value is reached by beach finds.

Images

Larger diameter 37.3mm.

Larger diameter 37.3mm.

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