
Photo credit: (c) Tim, 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: 3 records
- February: 11 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 14 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 19 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 10 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 9 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–29 °C
Photos

(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Tom Fletcher, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) James K. Douch, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Axinaea caledonica, Axinaea novacaledoniensis, Glycymeris hedleyi, Pectunculus hedleyi, Pectunculus holosericus, Veletuceta impasta
Similar species
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.
- 74 open-data records from 1928 to 2006.
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