Wrinkled Cardita
Cardita leana
- Water temperature18–25 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and June
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Rosie Steinberg, 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: 2 records
- February: 9 records
- March: 16 records
- April: 32 records
- May: 33 records
- June: 33 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–25 °C
Photos
(c) mister_bumble, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) mister_bumble, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Se Lena, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Mikhail Nevsky, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) りなべる, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Wrinkled Cardita
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- トマヤガイ
- Korean
- 주름방사륵조개
- Simplified Chinese
- 斜紋心蛤, 灰算盤蛤
Other scientific names: Cardita cumingiana
Similar species
Excavated False-CockleCardita aviculina
Large-ribbed carditaCardita crassicosta
Dog's Foot CockleCardita distorta
Rectangular false cockleCardita variegata
ancient carditaCardites antiquatus
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).
- 318 open-data records from 1961 to 2021.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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