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Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 271
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 930
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 174

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 18 localities (9.14 %)
Sediment27 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a length of nearly 80mm; beach finds remain with around 30mm very small.

Images

Length 29.2mm.

Length 29.2mm.

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