
Barbatia parvivillosa
- Water temperature15–28 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, May, and August
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 19 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 14 records
- April: 11 records
- May: 23 records
- June: 14 records
- July: 16 records
- August: 20 records
- September: 14 records
- October: 12 records
- November: 13 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–28 °C
Photos

(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Alesha Teitzel, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Harry Rose, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) James K. Douch, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Arca parvivillosa, Barbatia (Abarbatia) parvivillosa, Barbatia (Barbatia) parvivillosa
Similar species
Burnt-almond arkBarbatia amygdalumtostum





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).
- 83 open-data records from 1898 to 2010.
- Species data updated October 31, 2026.
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