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Taxonomy > Veneridae > Paphonotia < Previous species - Next species > (within the family) Paphonotia elliptica (Sowerby I, 1834) Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 182 Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 783 Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 178 [as Pahonoti aelliptica] Statistics Frequency rare - 8 localities (4.06 %) Sediment 50 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments The literature indicates a maximum length of 40mm; beach finds from the Gulf remain below 30mm. Only at the southern tip of the peninsula Baja California, but common there. Images Length 15.5mm. Taxonomy > Veneridae > Paphonotia < Previous species - Next species > (within the family)