Chinese Jingle

Anomia chinensis

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Water temperature9–28 °C
Best monthsApril, May, and June
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 1 records
February: 6 records
March: 4 records
April: 11 records
May: 13 records
June: 10 records
July: 7 records
August: 0 records
September: 7 records
October: 1 records
November: 5 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 9–28 °C

8–10 °C: 1 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 60 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 3 records
26–28 °C: 4 records

Names and classification

English: Chinese Jingle

Names in 3 more languages

Japanese: ナミマガシワ, ナミマガシワガイ
Korean: 잠쟁이
Simplified Chinese: 中國不等蛤, 銀蛤

Other scientific names: Anomia amabaeus, Anomia dryas

Similar species

Golden Oyster
Anomia trigonopsis

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).
300 open-data records from 1957 to 2021.

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