Cream Wafer Clam
Tonganaella perna
- Usual depth18–50 m
- Water temperature19–30 °C
- Best monthsJune
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 14 records
- February: 12 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 8 records
- June: 39 records
- July: 13 records
- August: 8 records
- September: 13 records
- October: 8 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 18–50 m · Deepest record: 54 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Cream Wafer Clam
Other scientific names: Pharaonella perna, Tellina (Pharaonella) perna, Tellina latirostra, Tellina pallescens, Tellina perna, Tellina sulphurea
Similar species
- 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).
- 354 open-data records from 1798 to 2014.
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