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Panopea globosa Dall, 1898

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 273
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 932
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 175
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 174

Statistics

Frequencyrare - 9 localities (4.57 %)
Sediment8 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a maximum length of 164mm; this is nearly reached by beach finds. Valves disarticulated.

Images

Length 100.9mm.

Length 100.9mm.

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