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Dallocardia radula (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 153 [as Trachycardium senticosum fide ter Poorten 2024]
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 413 [as Dallocardia senticosum fide ter Poorten 2024]
  • ter Poorten (2024) A Taxonomic Iconography of Living Cardiidae. - p. 534

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 68 localities (34.52 %)
Sediment30 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

A maximum length of 57mm is indicated in the literature; beach finds remain below 45mm.

Images

Length 32.9mm.

Length 32.9mm.

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