Cat's Tongue Tellin
Scutarcopagia linguafelis
- Usual depth6 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsMay, June, and August
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 7 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 9 records
- June: 10 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 10 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 6 m · Deepest record: 6 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Cat's Tongue Tellin
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ネコジタザラ
Other scientific names: Arcopagia (Smitharcopagia) linguafelis, Macoma lingua-felis, Scutarcopagia lingaefelis, Tellina linguafelis, Tellina solaris
Similar species
- Rasp tellin
Scutarcopagia scobinata
- Fine-ridged Tellen
Semelangulus tenuiliratus
- Modest Tellin
Abranda modestina
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).
- 134 open-data records from 1758 to 2010.
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