Discrepant Venus
Gafrarium dispar
- Usual depth1–10 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsJune, August, and September
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 14 records
- February: 11 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 7 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 17 records
- July: 16 records
- August: 19 records
- September: 17 records
- October: 9 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–10 m · Deepest record: 13 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Discrepant Venus, Transverse Circe
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- イナミガイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 枝條縱簾蛤, 顆粒加夫蛤
Other scientific names: Circe dispar, Cytherea abbreviata, Cytherea mixta, Cytherea muscaria, Cytherea pulicaris, Venus dispar
Similar species
- Comb Circe
Gafrarium pectinatum
- Forked venus
Gafrarium divaricatum
- Camp pitar-venus
Lioconcha castrensis
- Reticulated venus
Periglypta reticulata
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).
- 319 open-data records from 1802 to 2018.
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