Macoma contabulata
- Water temperature8–21 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, May, and June
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 8–21 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- サビシラトリ
- Korean
- 녹껍질대양조개
Other scientific names: Gastrana (Sinomacoma) contabulata, Gastrana contabulata, Limecola contabulata, Lucina corrugata, Macoma anser, Macoma contaculata, Macoma sicca, Tellina contabulata
Similar species
Baltic macomaMacoma balthica
Triangular TellinMacomona deltoidalis
Wedge ShellMacomona liliana
- Fine-ridged Tellen
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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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 100 open-data records from 1998 to 2014.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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