Heteromacoma irus
- Water temperature14–21 °C
- Best monthsApril, August, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) りなべる, 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: 0 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–21 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- シラトリモドキ
- Korean
- 대양조개, 대양조개사돈
Other scientific names: Fragilia yantaiensis, Heteromacoma yantaiensis, Tellina irus, Tellina yantaiensis
Similar species
- Fine-ridged Tellen
Semelangulus tenuiliratus
Angled wedge shellBartschicoma gaimardi
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).
- 133 open-data records from 1961 to 2008.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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