Striped tellin
Tellinella virgata
- Usual depth3–38 m
- Water temperature15–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, June, and July
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 15 records
- February: 12 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 8 records
- June: 16 records
- July: 17 records
- August: 14 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 10 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 11 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–38 m · Deepest record: 38 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Striped tellin, Virgate tellin, striped tellin, virgate tellin
Names in 3 more languages
- German
- Gestreifte Tellmuschel, Jungfräuliche Tellmuschel
- Japanese
- ニッコウガイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 日光櫻蛤
Other scientific names: Tellina (Tellinella) virgata, Tellina jubar, Tellina marginalis, Tellina subrubicunda, Tellina virgata
Similar species
- 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).
- 381 open-data records from 1758 to 2022.
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