Embossed Venus
Globivenus toreuma
- Usual depth15–157 m
- Water temperature19–30 °C
- Best monthsAugust and December
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 14 records
- February: 18 records
- March: 14 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 14 records
- June: 14 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 21 records
- September: 16 records
- October: 17 records
- November: 14 records
- December: 34 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 15–157 m · Deepest record: 247 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Embossed Venus
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- マルスダレガイ
- Korean
- 흐린날씨둥근백합
Other scientific names: Chione toreuma, Venus crebrisulca, Venus hawaiensis, Venus jukesi, Venus sculpta, Venus toreuma
Similar species
- Comb Circe
Gafrarium pectinatum
- Camp pitar-venus
Lioconcha castrensis
- Reticulated venus
Periglypta reticulata
Scaled VenusAnomalodiscus squamosus
Lamellate venus clamAntigona lamellaris
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).
- 428 open-data records from 1850 to 2013.
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