Script venus

Circe scripta

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–54 m
Water temperature20–29 °C
Best monthsJune, July, and September
How commonRare

All species

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: 11 records
February: 5 records
March: 10 records
April: 14 records
May: 7 records
June: 24 records
July: 21 records
August: 12 records
September: 17 records
October: 16 records
November: 10 records
December: 11 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–54 m · Deepest record: 64 m

0–10 m: 3 records
10–20 m: 3 records
20–30 m: 4 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

20–22 °C: 25 records
22–24 °C: 39 records
24–26 °C: 47 records
26–28 °C: 58 records
28–30 °C: 50 records

Photos

(c) Ben Jobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Oscar Dove, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Toby Y, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Doreen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) りなべる, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Script venus, script venus, Script Venus

Names in 2 more languages

German: Schriftmuschel, Schrift-Venusmuschel
Japanese: タイワンシラオガイ

Other scientific names: Circe albida, Circe fulgurata, Circe oblonga, Circe personata, Circe sugillata, Circe violacea, Cytherea scripta, Venus (Cytherea) robillardi, Venus scripta, Venus stutzeri

Similar species

New Zealand Cockle
Austrovenus stutchburyi
Wedding-cake venus
Bassina disjecta
Cockle-like Venus
Chioneryx cardioides
Chinese Venus Clam
Cyclina sinensis
Comb Circe
Gafrarium pectinatum
Camp pitar-venus
Lioconcha castrensis

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).
444 open-data records from 1758 to 2014.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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