Mactra maculata
- Usual depth1–4 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly and December
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 8 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 6 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 14 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–4 m · Deepest record: 3.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- リュウキュウバカガイ
Other scientific names: Mactra nebulosa, Mactra reevei, Mactra setosa, Mactra squalida
Similar species
- Agate Trough Shell
Mactra achatina
- Reddish Mactra
Austromactra rufescens
- Contrary Mactra
Austromactra contraria
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).
- 124 open-data records from 1782 to 2012.
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