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Cardites crassicostatus (Sowerby I, 1825)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 107
  • 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. 251
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 379
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 172

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 50 localities (25.38 %)
Sediment63 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The maximum length of 80mm is not reached by beach finds that remain below 70mm. Beach specimens are disarticulated and worn out.

Images

Length 27.8mm.

Length 27.8mm.

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