Mud Cockle

Katelysia peronii

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–10 m
Water temperature14–26 °C
Best monthsMarch, July, and August
How commonRare

All species

Photo credit: (c) Peter Crowcroft, 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: 11 records
February: 10 records
March: 13 records
April: 9 records
May: 6 records
June: 9 records
July: 18 records
August: 18 records
September: 11 records
October: 11 records
November: 8 records
December: 10 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–10 m · Deepest record: 10 m

0–10 m: 5 records
10–20 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–26 °C

12–14 °C: 4 records
14–16 °C: 45 records
16–18 °C: 18 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 3 records

Photos

(c) Alex Stuart, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Mud Cockle, Peron's Venerid

Other scientific names: Katelysia victoriae, Tapes victoriae, Venus peronii

Similar species

Ridged Venus
Katelysia rhytiphora
Enigma Venus
Katelysia scalarina
New Zealand Cockle
Austrovenus stutchburyi
Cherry stones
Mercenaria mercenaria
Wedding-cake venus
Bassina disjecta
Cockle-like Venus
Chioneryx cardioides

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).
129 open-data records from 1923 to 2014.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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