Complicachlamys wardiana

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Water temperature23–29 °C
Best monthsOctober
How commonRare

All species

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 3 records
February: 4 records
March: 3 records
April: 6 records
May: 5 records
June: 11 records
July: 10 records
August: 16 records
September: 12 records
October: 28 records
November: 10 records
December: 7 records

Depth and water temperature

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C

22–24 °C: 11 records
24–26 °C: 29 records
26–28 °C: 50 records
28–30 °C: 107 records

Names and classification

Similar species

New Zealand scallop
Pecten novaezelandiae
Asian moon scallop
Amusium pleuronectes
Queen Scallop
Equichlamys bifrons
Mantle scallop
Gloripallium pallium
Laevichlamys cuneata
Austral scallop
Mimachlamys asperrima

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).
395 open-data records from 1875 to 2014.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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