Laciolina chloroleuca
- Water temperature19–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and May
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Takaaki Hattori · 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: 1 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C
Photos
(c) Susan Prior, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- リュウキュウサラガイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 黃玉櫻蛤
Other scientific names: Laciolina francesae, Laciolina quoyi, Tellina (Laciolina) chloroleuca, Tellina chloroleuca, Tellina polita, Tellina quoyi
Similar species
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Triangular TellinMacomona deltoidalis
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- Fine-ridged Tellen
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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).
- 51 open-data records from 1947 to 2014.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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