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Chama arcana Bernhard, 1976

  • 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. 281
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 434
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 166

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 50 localities (25.38 %)
Sediment47 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a maximum dimension of 81mm; beach finds even exceed this value.

Images

Height 49.5mm.

Height 49.5mm.

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