Serratina ostracea
- Water temperature27–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and September
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 3 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: Tellina ostracea
Similar species
- Box-like Tellin
Serratina capsoides
- 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).
- 11 open-data records from 1818 to 1964.
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