Youthful venus
Periglypta puerpera
- Usual depth1–38 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and July
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 6 records
- February: 9 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 7 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–38 m · Deepest record: 46.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Youthful venus, Maiden's Purse Shell, youthful venus
Names in 2 more languages
- German
- Jugendliche Venusmuschel
- Japanese
- ヌノメガイ
Other scientific names: Antigona (Dosina) puerpera, Antigona puerpera, Antigona purpurea, Chione puerpera, Periglypta puerpura, Venus puerpera
Similar species
- Reticulated venus
Periglypta reticulata
- Comb Circe
Gafrarium pectinatum
- Camp pitar-venus
Lioconcha castrensis
Scaled VenusAnomalodiscus squamosus
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).
- 282 open-data records from 1771 to 2006.
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