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Taxonomy > Pteriidae > Pteria Pteria sterna (Gould, 1851) Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 77 Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 139 Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 218 Michel-Morfin et al. (2014) Moluscos bentónicos de fondos blandos de la plataforma continental del sur de Jalisco y Colima. - p. 32 Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 154 Berschauer & Clark (2018) Sea Shells of Southern California. Marine Shells of the Californian Province. - p. 108 Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 196 Statistics Frequency very common - 61 localities (30.46 %) Sediment 32 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments The maximum length of 152mm is far not reached by beach finds that normally remain below 80mm. Images Length 35.5mm. Taxonomy > Pteriidae > Pteria