Chemnitz's Venus
Antigona laqueata
- Usual depth0.5 m
- Water temperature20–28 °C
- Best monthsSeptember, October, and December
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0.5 m · Deepest record: 0.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–28 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Chemnitz's Venus
Other scientific names: Venus laqueata
Similar species
Lamellate venus clamAntigona lamellaris
- Chemnitz's Cockle
Antigona chemnitzii
- Comb Circe
Gafrarium pectinatum
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).
- 101 open-data records from 1946 to 2002.
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