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Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 63
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 136
  • Ortíz-Arellano & Flores-Campaña (2008) Catalogo descriptivo e ilustrado de los moluscos de la zona Intermareal de las islas de la bahía de Navachiste, Sinaloa, México. - p. 66
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 115

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 23 localities (11.17 %)
Sediment11 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The maximum length of 70mm as indicated by the literature is nearly reached by beach finds.

Images

Length 63.6mm.

Length 63.6mm.

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