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: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 7 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Callista (Costacallista) florida, Callista florida, Cytherea florida, Cytherea pectoralis, Meretrix florida, Venus pulchra
Similar species
- Comb Circe
Gafrarium pectinatum
- Camp pitar-venus
Lioconcha castrensis
- Reticulated venus
Periglypta reticulata
Scaled VenusAnomalodiscus squamosus
Lamellate venus clamAntigona lamellaris
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.
- 26 open-data records from 1954 to 2008.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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