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Pinna rugosa Sowerby I, 1835

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 75
  • Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 139
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 228
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 152
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 198

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 32 localities (16.24 %)
Sediment41 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature reports a maximum size of 430mm; beach finds remain below 200mm.

Images

Height 71.6mm.

Height 71.6mm.

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