Leather Donax

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 26 records
February: 18 records
March: 15 records
April: 32 records
May: 22 records
June: 20 records
July: 36 records
August: 17 records
September: 8 records
October: 20 records
November: 16 records
December: 23 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–20 m · Deepest record: 20 m

0–10 m: 2 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 17–29 °C

16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 6 records
28–30 °C: 24 records

Photos

(c) Karthik Thrikkadeeri, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Cheryl Stinchcomb, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) renjus box, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) renjus box, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Алёна Осипова, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Leather Donax

Names in 1 more languages

Thai: หอยตะเภา

Other scientific names: Donax (Hecuba) scortum, Donax scortum, Donax scrotum, Hecuba lamellaris, Venus scortum

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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
71 open-data records from 1758 to 2014.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.