Tellinella pulcherrima
- Water temperature20–30 °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: 5 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ウロコヒノデガイ, サメハダヒノデガイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 鯊皮櫻蛤
Other scientific names: Scutarcopagia pulcherrima, Tellina (Tellinella) asperrima, Tellina (Tellinella) pulcherrima, Tellina asperrima, Tellina pulcherrima, Tellinella asperrima
Similar species
- Striped tellin
Tellinella virgata
- Fine-ridged Tellen
Semelangulus tenuiliratus
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).
- 69 open-data records from 1895 to 2012.
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