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Trachycardium consors (Sowerby I, 1833)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 153
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 143
  • 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. 292
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 414
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 154
  • ter Poorten (2024) A Taxonomic Iconography of Living Cardiidae. - p. 522

Statistics

Frequencyvery common - 77 localities (39.09 %)
Sediment57 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literatures gives 95mm as maximum height; beach finds reach 70mm. Valves mostly disarticulated. The illustrated specimen was bought in La Manga, north of San Carlos

Images

Height 63.7mm.

Height 63.7mm.

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