Fan-Shaped Cockle
Vasticardium flavum
- Usual depth5–7 m
- Water temperature15–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch and July
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 6 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 13 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 20 records
- August: 8 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–7 m · Deepest record: 7 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Fan-Shaped Cockle, Flavum Heart Cockle
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- リュウキュウザル, 琉球笊貝
- Simplified Chinese
- 黃邊鳥尾蛤
Other scientific names: Acrosterigma flavum, Cardium flavum, Cardium fucatum, Cardium gratiosum, Cardium tumidum, Laevicardium flavum, Trachycardium flavum
Similar species
- angulate cockle
Vasticardium angulatum
- The Elongated Cockle
Vasticardium elongatum
- fan-shaped cockle
Vasticardium pectiniforme
- Elongate clam
Tridacna maxima
Heart cockleCorculum cardissa
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).
- 145 open-data records from 1758 to 2012.
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