Glossocardia obesa

Molluscs

Usual depth17–47 m
Water temperature23–30 °C
Best monthsFebruary, May, and December
How commonRare

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Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, 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: 5 records
February: 10 records
March: 3 records
April: 1 records
May: 12 records
June: 0 records
July: 3 records
August: 4 records
September: 3 records
October: 5 records
November: 1 records
December: 9 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 17–47 m · Deepest record: 55 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 8 records
30–40 m: 6 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 10 records
26–28 °C: 39 records
28–30 °C: 16 records

Photos

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: ツキヨミガイ

Other scientific names: Cypricardia obesa, Trapezium obesa

Similar species

Glossocardia stoliczkana
coralclam
Coralliophaga coralliophaga
Quadrate trapezium
Neotrapezium liratum
Neotrapezium sublaevigatum
Funa-gata-gai
Trapezium bicarinatum

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.
66 open-data records from 1843 to 2012.

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