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Taxonomy > Corbulidae > Caryocorbula < Previous species - Next species > (within the family) Caryocorbula amethystina Olsson, 1961 Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 264 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. 464 Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 868 Statistics Frequency occasional - 15 localities (7.61 %) Sediment 24 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments The literature gives a length of 31mm; beach finds reach 28mm. Images Length 23.9mm. Taxonomy > Corbulidae > Caryocorbula < Previous species - Next species > (within the family)