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Laevicardium elenensis (Sowerby II, 1840)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 160
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 423 [as Laevicardium substriatum]
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 154 [as Laevicardium substriatum]
  • ter Poorten (2024) A Taxonomic Iconography of Living Cardiidae. - p. 384

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 44 localities (22.34 %)
Sediment28 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature indicates a maximum length of 28mm; beach finds from the Gulf remain below 20mm.

Images

Length 16.3mm.

Length 16.3mm.

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