Clam
Lioconcha fastigiata
- Usual depth117.5 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsAugust and September
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 10 records
- July: 8 records
- August: 19 records
- September: 17 records
- October: 9 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 117.5 m · Deepest record: 117.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Clam, Dark Pitar Venus
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- サラサガイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 秀美文蛤
Other scientific names: Cytheraea fastigiata, Lioconcha pseudofastigiata
Similar species
- Camp pitar-venus
Lioconcha castrensis
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).
- 278 open-data records from 1851 to 2010.
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