Scaled Venus

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 24 records
February: 22 records
March: 12 records
April: 25 records
May: 31 records
June: 52 records
July: 23 records
August: 35 records
September: 17 records
October: 36 records
November: 16 records
December: 25 records

Depth and water temperature

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C

18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 11 records
22–24 °C: 105 records
24–26 °C: 4 records
26–28 °C: 15 records
28–30 °C: 17 records

Photos

(c) Lozouet Pierre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Meng-Chi Hung, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) JH, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) JH, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) TonyT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) pbsg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Scaled Venus, Squamose False Cockle, Squamose Venus

Names in 3 more languages

Japanese: シオヤガイ
Thai: หอยปีกนก
Simplified Chinese: 歪簾蛤, 鱗杓拿蛤

Other scientific names: Anomalocardia squamosa, Cytherea squamosa, Venus roemeri, Venus squamosa

Similar species

Comb Circe
Gafrarium pectinatum
Camp pitar-venus
Lioconcha castrensis
Lioconcha ornata
Reticulated venus
Periglypta reticulata
Lamellate venus clam
Antigona lamellaris
Dosinia histrio

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).
342 open-data records from 1758 to 2015.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.