Common Pipi

About this species

Plebidonax deltoides or Donax deltoides is a small, edible saltwater clam or marine bivalve mollusc, endemic to Australia. It belongs to the family of either the Donacidae, or the related Psammobiidae. It is most widely known as the pipi in the eastern states of its native Australia. In South Australia, it is called the Coorong cockle, Goolwa cockle, or Goolwa pipi, for the region where it is most abundant, or by its Ngarrindjeri name, kuti. In south-eastern Queensland, it is often also known as eugarie or (y)ugari, a borrowing from the local Yugambeh and Ugarapul languages.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 170 records
February: 127 records
March: 139 records
April: 142 records
May: 129 records
June: 127 records
July: 122 records
August: 125 records
September: 122 records
October: 133 records
November: 105 records
December: 163 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0 m · Deepest record: 0 m

0–10 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–26 °C

14–16 °C: 27 records
16–18 °C: 17 records
18–20 °C: 18 records
20–22 °C: 33 records
22–24 °C: 40 records
24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Tim · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Sarah McRae, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Sarah McRae · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Tim · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Will Cornwell, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) James K. Douch, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Common Pipi, Eugarie, Goolwa Cockle, Pipi

Names in 1 more languages

Simplified Chinese: 三角斧蛤

Other scientific names: Donax deltoides, Donax epidermia, Plebidonax deltoides

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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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
299 open-data records from 1893 to 2014.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.