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Lace Cockle

Divalucina cumingi

  • Molluscs
  • IUCN: Not evaluated
  • Usual depth0–161 m
  • Water temperature10–29 °C
  • Best monthsJanuary, September, and October
  • How commonOccasional
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Photo credit: (c) wild_wind, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by wild_wind · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

  • January: 68 records
  • February: 43 records
  • March: 59 records
  • April: 57 records
  • May: 41 records
  • June: 39 records
  • July: 28 records
  • August: 37 records
  • September: 62 records
  • October: 70 records
  • November: 31 records
  • December: 22 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–161 m · Deepest record: 600 m

  • 0–10 m: 122 records
  • 10–20 m: 10 records
  • 20–30 m: 13 records
  • 30–40 m: 7 records
  • 40–50 m: 11 records
  • 50–60 m: 15 records
  • 60–70 m: 7 records
  • 70–80 m: 15 records
  • 80–90 m: 5 records
  • 90–100 m: 11 records
  • 100–110 m: 3 records
  • 110+ m: 55 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 10–29 °C

  • 10–12 °C: 9 records
  • 12–14 °C: 118 records
  • 14–16 °C: 184 records
  • 16–18 °C: 78 records
  • 18–20 °C: 22 records
  • 20–22 °C: 35 records
  • 22–24 °C: 4 records
  • 24–26 °C: 2 records
  • 26–28 °C: 3 records
  • 28–30 °C: 4 records

Names and classification

English
Lace Cockle

Other scientific names: Divalucina entypoma, Divaricella (Divalucina) huttoniana, Divaricella cumingi, Divaricella huttoniana, Divaricella notocenica, Lucina (Cyclas) cumingi, Lucina (Divaricella) huttoniana

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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).
  • 846 open-data records from 1864 to 2013.
  • Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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