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Ctena mexicana (Dall, 1901)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 125
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 341
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 170

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 57 localities (28.93 %)
Sediment57 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The maximum length of 21mm as indicated by the literature is exceeded by beach finds.

Images

Length 17.7mm.

Length 17.7mm.

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