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Mexicardia procera (Sowerby I, 1833)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 155
  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 155 [as Trachycardium (Mexicardia) panamense]
  • Ortíz-Arellano & Flores-Campaña (2008) Catalogo descriptivo e ilustrado de los moluscos de la zona Intermareal de las islas de la bahía de Navachiste, Sinaloa, México. - p. 76 [as Trachycardium (Mexicardia) panamense]
  • 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. 293
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 414
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 154
  • ter Poorten (2024) A Taxonomic Iconography of Living Cardiidae. - p. 528

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 128 localities (64.47 %)
Sediment23 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

Beach finds with a maximum height of 90mm are smaller than the indicated maximum height of 122mm.

Images

Height 48.6mm.

Height 48.6mm.

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