Attenuated Cockle
Acrosterigma attenuatum
- Usual depth25–83 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsJune
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
Loading the map
Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 9 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 25–83 m · Deepest record: 100 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Attenuated Cockle
Names in 1 more languages
- Simplified Chinese
- 金華鳥尾蛤
Other scientific names: Cardium attenuatum, Laevicardium attenuatum, Vasticardium attenuatum
Similar species
- Double-Rayed Cockle
Acrosterigma biradiatum
- Oblique Southern Cockle
Acrosterigma cygnorum
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).
- 120 open-data records from 1903 to 2006.
Log what you see on your next dive
The free DiveHive diver app keeps your logbook with every sighting and shows what lives at the site you dive next.