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Lirophora mariae (Orbigny, 1846)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 460
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 781
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 171

Statistics

Frequencyoccasional - 23 localities (11.68 %)
Sediment19 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature gives a maximum length of 37mm; beach finds from the Gulf may reach 27mm, but most remain below 20mm.

Images

Length 16mm.

Length 16mm.

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