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Donax californicus Conrad, 1837

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 236
  • 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. 317
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 673
  • Berschauer & Clark (2018) Sea Shells of Southern California. Marine Shells of the Californian Province. - p. 112
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 162

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 24 localities (12.18 %)
Sediment10 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

A maximal length of 33mm is reported by the literature but beach finds remain below 30mm.

Images

Length 15.1mm.

Length 15.1mm.

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