Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–29 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Venus alta
Similar species
- Comb Circe
Gafrarium pectinatum
- Camp pitar-venus
Lioconcha castrensis
- Reticulated venus
Periglypta reticulata
Scaled VenusAnomalodiscus squamosus
Lamellate venus clamAntigona lamellaris
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).
- 22 open-data records from 1931 to 1963.
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