Payten's Codakia
Codakia paytenorum
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, August, and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Thomas Mesaglio, 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: 17 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 15 records
- September: 8 records
- October: 17 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 11 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Photos
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Payten's Codakia
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ウラキツキガイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 紅唇滿月蛤
Other scientific names: Lentillaria paytenorum
Similar species
Wrinkled CodakiaCodakia rugifera
Pacific tiger lucineCodakia tigerina
- Interrupted Lucine
Codakia interrupta
Beautiful LucineCtena bella
Lace CockleDivalucina cumingi
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).
- 233 open-data records from 1904 to 2013.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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