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Taxonomy > Veneridae > Chionista < Previous species - Next species > (within the family) Chionista fluctifraga (Sowerby II, 1853) Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 186 Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 148 Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 762 Berschauer & Clark (2018) Sea Shells of Southern California. Marine Shells of the Californian Province. - p. 116 Statistics Frequency common - 59 localities (28.93 %) Sediment 16 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments The literature indicates a maximum length of 87mm; beach finds reach below 75mm. Images Length 43mm. Taxonomy > Veneridae > Chionista < Previous species - Next species > (within the family)