Jitlada culter

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–11 m
Water temperature8–29 °C
Best monthsJune
How commonRare

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Photo credit: (c) 大澤風季 ohsawa_Fuki, 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: 0 records
February: 0 records
March: 1 records
April: 2 records
May: 0 records
June: 20 records
July: 11 records
August: 1 records
September: 0 records
October: 0 records
November: 2 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–11 m · Deepest record: 10.7 m

0–10 m: 5 records
10–20 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 8–29 °C

8–10 °C: 2 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 20 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 59 records
20–22 °C: 113 records
22–24 °C: 50 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 0 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: ユウシオガイ
Simplified Chinese: 花瓣櫻蛤

Other scientific names: Moerella culter, Moerella rutila, Tellina culter, Tellina rutila

Similar species

Jitlada philippinarum
Fine-ridged Tellen
Semelangulus tenuiliratus
Bartschicoma edgari
Angled wedge shell
Bartschicoma gaimardi
Dallitellina rostrata
Heteromacoma irus

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).
257 open-data records from 1963 to 2014.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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