Botany Bay Ark-shell
Acar botanica
- Usual depth32 m
- Water temperature14–26 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and June
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 32 m · Deepest record: 32 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–26 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Botany Bay Ark-shell
Other scientific names: Arca botanica, Barbatia pusilla
Similar species
Divaricated ArkAcar plicata
- Scaly Ark-shell
Acar squamosa
Antique arkAnadara antiquata
Indo-Pacific ArkArca navicularis
Burnt-almond arkBarbatia amygdalumtostum
- Kagoshima Blood Cockle
Anadara kagoshimensis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 138 open-data records from 1961 to 2002.
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