Beautiful Lucine

Ctena bella

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–424 m
Water temperature20–30 °C
Best monthsJanuary, May, and July
How commonOccasional

All species

Photo credit: (c) Alexandria 'Alex' Wenninger, 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: 31 records
February: 17 records
March: 16 records
April: 26 records
May: 31 records
June: 20 records
July: 37 records
August: 22 records
September: 27 records
October: 26 records
November: 14 records
December: 27 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–424 m · Deepest record: 424 m

0–10 m: 2 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 45 records
22–24 °C: 59 records
24–26 °C: 64 records
26–28 °C: 65 records
28–30 °C: 25 records

Photos

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(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) aross0805, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) aross0805, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Beautiful Lucine

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: ヒメツキガイ
Korean: 둥근달꽃잎조개

Other scientific names: Codakia (Epicodakia) bella, Codakia bella, Ctena gunnamatta, Epicodakia bella, Epicodakia gunnamatta, Lucina bella, Lucina fibula, Lucina ramulosa

Similar species

Ctena reevei
divergent lucine
Ctena divergens
Ctena tatei
Lace Cockle
Divalucina cumingi
Cavatidens omissa
Payten's Codakia
Codakia paytenorum

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).
596 open-data records from 1837 to 2014.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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