Cucullaearca grayana

Molluscs

Water temperature20–29 °C
Best monthsFebruary
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 1 records
February: 10 records
March: 0 records
April: 2 records
May: 2 records
June: 2 records
July: 5 records
August: 3 records
September: 1 records
October: 2 records
November: 2 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

20–22 °C: 11 records
22–24 °C: 11 records
24–26 °C: 20 records
26–28 °C: 9 records
28–30 °C: 2 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Barbatia (Cucullaearca) grayana, Barbatia grayana

Similar species

Cucullaearca foliata
Divaricated Ark
Acar plicata
Antique ark
Anadara antiquata
Kagoshima Blood Cockle
Anadara kagoshimensis
Sydney Cockle
Anadara trapezia
Indo-Pacific Ark
Arca navicularis

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.
56 open-data records from 1895 to 2013.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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