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Argopecten ventricosus (Sowerby II, 1842)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 87 [as Argopecten circularis]
  • 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. 73
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 284
  • Michel-Morfin et al. (2014) Moluscos bentónicos de fondos blandos de la plataforma continental del sur de Jalisco y Colima. - p. 31
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 158
  • 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 - 148 localities (74.62 %)
Sediment31 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The indicated maximum length of 100mm is not reached by beach finds which remain below 70mm.

Images

Length 33.4mm.

Length 33.4mm.

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