Knife Finger Oyster
Ensiculus cultellus
- Usual depth35–60 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsAugust, October, and November
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 13 records
- February: 13 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 11 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 17 records
- July: 17 records
- August: 18 records
- September: 18 records
- October: 19 records
- November: 20 records
- December: 15 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 35–60 m · Deepest record: 60 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Knife Finger Oyster
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- タカノハガイ
- Korean
- 붉은무늬맛조개
- Simplified Chinese
- 紫衣豆蟶
Other scientific names: Cultellus (Ensiculus) cultellus, Cultellus (Ensiculus) philippianus, Cultellus cultellus, Cultellus lividus, Cultellus philippianus, Ensiculus philippianus, Phaxas (Ensiculus) cultellus, Phaxas cultellus, Solen cultellus
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).
- 372 open-data records from 1758 to 2024.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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