Agate Trough Shell
Mactra achatina
- Usual depth30–72 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsJune and August
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 10 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 8 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 30–72 m · Deepest record: 72 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Agate Trough Shell
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- ベニハマグリ
- Korean
- 흰점분홍무늬조개
- Simplified Chinese
- 紅斑馬珂蛤
Other scientific names: Mactra adspersa, Mactra maculosa, Mactra ornata
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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).
- 119 open-data records from 1802 to 2012.
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