Pacific Bean Donax
Latona faba
- Water temperature15–30 °C
- Best monthsJune, July, and September
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 33 records
- February: 23 records
- March: 15 records
- April: 16 records
- May: 24 records
- June: 36 records
- July: 38 records
- August: 22 records
- September: 38 records
- October: 17 records
- November: 22 records
- December: 13 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Pacific Bean Donax, Rayed Wedge Shell
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- リュウキュウナミノコ
- Thai
- หอยเสียบ
- Simplified Chinese
- 豆斧蛤
Other scientific names: Donax (Latona) faba, Donax faba, Donax pallidus, Donax radians, Donax radiatus
Similar species
- Cradle Donax
Latona cuneata
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).
- 540 open-data records from 1788 to 2025.
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