Funa-gata-gai
Trapezium bicarinatum
- Usual depth5–47 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly, October, and December
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 8 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 11 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 11 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 17 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–47 m · Deepest record: 46.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Funa-gata-gai
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- フナガタガイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 稜船蛤
Other scientific names: Cypricardia angulata, Cypricardia corrugata, Cypricardia dolosa, Cypricardia rostrata, Libitina bicarinatum, Libitina rostrata, Trapezium rostrata, Trapezium rostratum
Similar species
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).
- 196 open-data records from 1817 to 2007.
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