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Nodipecten subnodosus (Sowerby I, 1835)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 92
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 274
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 160
  • 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. 202

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 69 localities (34.52 %)
Sediment65 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

According to the literature the species reaches 200mm in length; beach finds are smaller and may reach up to 120mm. In places sold by fishermen (as the illustrated specimen).

Images

Length 100.7mm.

Length 100.7mm.

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