Gloripallium speciosum

Molluscs

Usual depth13–165 m
Water temperature25–30 °C
Best monthsFebruary and May
How commonRare

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Photo credit: (c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 2 records
February: 12 records
March: 2 records
April: 0 records
May: 14 records
June: 0 records
July: 4 records
August: 2 records
September: 4 records
October: 1 records
November: 0 records
December: 2 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 13–165 m · Deepest record: 595 m

0–10 m: 2 records
10–20 m: 3 records
20–30 m: 9 records
30–40 m: 5 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C

24–26 °C: 6 records
26–28 °C: 27 records
28–30 °C: 12 records

Photos

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: オオシマヒオウギ

Other scientific names: Pecten speciosus

Similar species

Mantle scallop
Gloripallium pallium
Asian moon scallop
Amusium pleuronectes
Queen Scallop
Equichlamys bifrons
Laevichlamys cuneata
Noble scallop
Mimachlamys sanguinea
Iridescent Scallop
Pedum spondyloideum

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.
45 open-data records from 1956 to 2005.

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