Lyre cockle
Lyrocardium lyratum
- Usual depth3–22 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 10 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–22 m · Deepest record: 24.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Lyre cockle, Lyrate Cockle, lyre cockle
Names in 2 more languages
- German
- Leier-Herzmuschel
- Japanese
- ギンギョガイ
Other scientific names: Cardium kalamantanum, Cardium lyratum, Nemocardium lyratum
Similar species
- Elongate clam
Tridacna maxima
Heart cockleCorculum cardissa
- Pacific strawberry cockle
Fragum fragum
- Strawberry cockle
Fragum unedo
- Bear paw clam
Hippopus hippopus
- Boring clam
Tridacna crocea
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 1840 to 2009.
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