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Papyridea aspersa (Sowerby I, 1833)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 155
  • Huber (2010) Compendium of Bivalves. A Full-Color Guide to 3'300 of the World's Marine Bivalves. A Status on Bivalvia after 250 Years of Research. - p. 292
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 415
  • ter Poorten (2019) Papyridea clenchi spec. nov. and Papyridea curvicostata spec. nov., two new Paper Cockles from tropical America (Bivalvia, Cardiidae), with notes on evolution and dispersal. - p. 117
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 154
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 154 [as Papyridea hiulca]
  • ter Poorten (2024) A Taxonomic Iconography of Living Cardiidae. - p. 546

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 43 localities (21.83 %)
Sediment63 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

According to the literature the species reaches a length of 65mm; beach finds remain below 50mm.

Images

Length 34.5mm.

Length 34.5mm.

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