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Taxonomy > Veneridae > Lamelliconcha < Previous species - Next species > (within the family) Lamelliconcha alternata (Broderip, 1835) Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 172 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. 403 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. 403 [as H. (Lamelliconcha) hesperia] Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 797 Statistics Frequency rare - 6 localities (3.05 %) Sediment 50 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments The literature indicates a maximum length of 56mm; this value is clearly exceeded by beach finds. Restricted to the SW Gulf. Images Length 60.7mm. Taxonomy > Veneridae > Lamelliconcha < Previous species - Next species > (within the family)