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Taxonomy > Glycymerididae > Glycymeris < Previous species - Next species > (within the family) Glycymeris gigantea (Reeve, 1843) Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 55 Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 133 Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 192 Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 151 Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 212 Statistics Frequency very common - 129 localities (64.97 %) Sediment 41 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments The literature indicates a maximum length of 105mm; beach finds reach nearly 100mm. Images Length 42.5mm. Taxonomy > Glycymerididae > Glycymeris < Previous species - Next species > (within the family)