Cradle Donax
Latona cuneata
- Usual depth1–20 m
- Water temperature18–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and July
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 10 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 7 records
- July: 15 records
- August: 8 records
- September: 6 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–20 m · Deepest record: 20 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Cradle Donax, Cuneate Wedge Shell
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ナミノコ, ナミノコガイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 楔形斧蛤
Other scientific names: Donax australis, Donax cuneata, Donax cuneatus, Donax deshayesii, Donax granosa, Donax haesitans, Donax tiesenhauseni, Donax variabilis, Latona variabilis
Similar species
- Pacific Bean Donax
Latona faba
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).
- 190 open-data records from 1758 to 2014.
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