Dosinia histrio
- Water temperature16–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly, August, and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Takaaki Hattori, 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: 13 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 9 records
- June: 11 records
- July: 17 records
- August: 20 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 17 records
- November: 10 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 16–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- オイノカガミ
Other scientific names: Artemis lenticularis, Artemis lirata, Artemis scabra, Artemis variegata, Arthemis variegata, Cytherea obsoleta, Dosinia (Bonartemis) histrio, Pardosinia alma, Venus australis, Venus histrio
Similar species
- Comb Circe
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- Camp pitar-venus
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Scaled VenusAnomalodiscus squamosus
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).
- 237 open-data records from 1791 to 2014.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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