# Larkinia grandis

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Species of bivalve

Larkinia grandis A view of valves of Larkinia grandis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Arcida Family: Arcidae Genus: Larkinia Species: L. grandis Binomial name Larkinia grandis (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Synonyms Anadara grandis (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) [1] Anadara larkinii Nelson, 1870 Arca grandis Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 Arca quadrilatera G. B. Sowerby I, 1833

***Larkinia grandis*** is a genus of saltwater [clams](/source/Clam) in the family [Arcidae](/source/Arcidae), the ark clams.

## Description

Shell of *Larkinia grandis* can reach a diameter of about 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) and a height of about 9.6 centimetres (3.8 in). These shells are white, with 26 ribs and a dark, smooth periostracum.[2]

## Distribution

This species is present in the North Pacific Ocean (Mexico, El Salvador, Peru, Gulf of California).[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-itis_1-0)** ["ITIS Standard Report Page: Anadara grandis"](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=79362#null). itis.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-05.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Angeline Myra Keen [Sea Shells of Tropical West America: Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru](https://books.google.com/books?id=Xj-2-KxUCcYC&dq=Larkinia+grandis&pg=PA46) Stanford University Press, 1971, s. 1064. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780804707367](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780804707367).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-discoverlife_3-0)** ["Larkinia grandis (Broderip and Sowerby, 1829) -- Discover Life mobile"](http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Larkinia+grandis&mobile=close). discoverlife.org. Retrieved 2016-11-05.

Taxon identifiers Larkinia grandis Wikidata: Q28432235 BOLD: 888890 CoL: 6NYXN GBIF: 6529601 IRMNG: 11724947 NCBI: 156226 OBIS: 504443 Open Tree of Life: 668224 WoRMS: 504443

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