Dosinia japonica

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 3 records
February: 15 records
March: 8 records
April: 14 records
May: 8 records
June: 8 records
July: 9 records
August: 16 records
September: 9 records
October: 14 records
November: 4 records
December: 7 records

Depth and water temperature

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–26 °C

14–16 °C: 3 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 33 records
20–22 °C: 7 records
22–24 °C: 4 records
24–26 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Timur Kalininsky, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) りなべる, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Se Lena, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kim, Hyun-tae, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kim, Hyun-tae, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Se Lena, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: カガミガイ

Other scientific names: Artemis japonica, Dosinia (Asa) japonica, Dosinia (Phacosoma) japonica, Phacosoma japonicum

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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).
243 open-data records from 1990 to 2021.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.