Minnivola pyxidata
- Usual depth4–68 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 9 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 24 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 11 records
- November: 11 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4–68 m · Deepest record: 68 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ヒナイタヤ
Other scientific names: Chlamys pyxidatus, Minnivola isomeres, Ostrea pyxidata, Ostrea sulcata, Patinopecten pyxidatus, Pecten crebricostatus, Pecten pyxidatus
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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).
- 190 open-data records from 1778 to 2013.
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