About this species
Arcuatula glaberrima is a species of bivalve in the family Mytilidae. The scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1857 by Dunker.
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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: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–29 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Modiolus glaberrimus, Volsella glaberrima
Similar species
- Asian date mussel
Arcuatula senhousia
- Estuarine mussel
Arcuatula capensis
- New Zealand Ribbed Mussel
Aulacomya maoriana
- Asian green mussel
Perna viridis
- Ledge mussel
Septifer bilocularis
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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 35 open-data records from 1876 to 2011.
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