Mantle scallop

Gloripallium pallium

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth3–53 m
Water temperature18–30 °C
Best monthsJuly
How commonOccasional

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About this species

Gloripallium pallium is a species of bivalves belonging to the family Pectinidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Gloripallium pallium”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 26 records
February: 14 records
March: 18 records
April: 11 records
May: 33 records
June: 25 records
July: 121 records
August: 29 records
September: 49 records
October: 48 records
November: 23 records
December: 42 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 3–53 m · Deepest record: 457.5 m

0–10 m: 50 records
10–20 m: 23 records
20–30 m: 30 records
30–40 m: 24 records
40–50 m: 24 records
50–60 m: 16 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110+ m: 6 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C

16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 131 records
26–28 °C: 188 records
28–30 °C: 248 records

Names and classification

English: Mantle scallop, Royal cloak scallop, mantle scallop, Painted Scallop, royal cloak scallop

Names in 3 more languages

German: Herzogsmantel, Mantel-Kammmuschel
Japanese: チサラガイ
Korean: 예쁜외투가리비

Other scientific names: Aequipecten pallium, Chlamys pallium, Ostrea palliata, Ostrea pallium, Pecten (Pecten) palliolum, Pecten helenae, Pecten novaeguinae

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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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
807 open-data records from 1758 to 2014.

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