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Taxonomy > Pholadidae > Pholas < Previous species - Next species > (within the family) Pholas chiloensis Molina, 1782 Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 275 Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 150 Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 892 Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 174 Statistics Frequency occasional - 25 localities (12.69 %) Sediment 10 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments The literature indicates a maximum length of 131mm; beach finds exceed this value slightly. Valves are generally disarticulated. Images Length 73.5mm. Taxonomy > Pholadidae > Pholas < Previous species - Next species > (within the family)