Duck lantern clam
Laternula anatina
- Usual depth1–6 m
- Water temperature13–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and July
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 5 records
- February: 7 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–6 m · Deepest record: 6 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 13–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Duck lantern clam, duck lantern clam
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Entenlaterne
- Japanese
- オキナガイ
- Korean
- 운모조개
- Simplified Chinese
- 公代, 截尾薄殼蛤
Other scientific names: Anatina amphora, Anatina cumingii, Anatina flexuosa, Anatina hispidula, Anatina labiata, Anatina siphonata, Anatina subrostrata, Auriscalpium magnum, Laternula flexuosa, Laternula subrostrata, Solen anatinus
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).
- 172 open-data records from 1758 to 2011.
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