Taxonomy > Carditidae > Strophocardia
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Strophocardia megastropha (Gray, 1825)
- Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 109
- 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. 253
- Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 383
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Statistics
| Frequency | common
- 30 localities (15.23 %) |
| Sediment | 60 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) |
Size and comments
According to the literature the shell may reach a length of 60mm what is exceeded by beach finds. As beach specimens only single valves are found.
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