Shining Venus

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 63 records
February: 44 records
March: 64 records
April: 91 records
May: 36 records
June: 32 records
July: 49 records
August: 66 records
September: 52 records
October: 75 records
November: 45 records
December: 48 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–0 m · Deepest record: 10.8 m

0–10 m: 44 records
10–20 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–26 °C

12–14 °C: 34 records
14–16 °C: 140 records
16–18 °C: 30 records
18–20 °C: 35 records
20–22 °C: 65 records
22–24 °C: 40 records
24–26 °C: 6 records
26–28 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Gary Williams, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Gary Williams · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) James K. Douch, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by James K. Douch · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rod Lowther, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Shining Venus, Smoke cockle, Smoky Venus

Other scientific names: Cytherea (Callista) semperi, Tapes faba, Venus fumigata, Venus laevigata, Venus nitida, Venus polita

Similar species

New Zealand Cockle
Austrovenus stutchburyi
Wedding-cake venus
Bassina disjecta
Cockle-like Venus
Chioneryx cardioides
Chinese Venus Clam
Cyclina sinensis
Old-woman dosinia
Dosinia anus
Blue-Tinged Dosinia
Dosinia caerulea

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).
588 open-data records from 1884 to 2016.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.