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Petricolaria cognata (Adams, 1852)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 199 [as Petricola (Petricolaria) parallela]
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 856

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 31 localities (15.74 %)
Sediment10 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

A maximum length of 80mm is indicated by the literature what is nearly reached by beach finds.

Images

Length 59.9mm.

Length 59.9mm.

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