Where Asian moon scallop has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Amusium pleuronectes, mapped and tabulated by country.
2,968 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Amusium pleuronectes through GBIF, from 17 countries or marine areas. This page maps those records and lists where they come from. Occurrence records reflect where people have looked as well as where the species lives, so well-surveyed coastlines are over-represented.
- Georeferenced records
- 2,968
- Countries / areas
- 17
- Mapped locations
- 317
- Records sampled for the map
- 2,968
- Inland records omitted
- 76
- Gbif taxonkey
- 4374006
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 2,609 records; China — 111 records; Philippines — 101 records; Indonesia — 34 records; Viet Nam — 23 records; India — 22 records; Japan — 12 records; Papua New Guinea — 12 records; Thailand — 11 records; Malaysia — 8 records; Myanmar — 7 records; Chinese Taipei — 7 records; Singapore — 4 records; Hong Kong — 3 records; New Caledonia — 2 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 4374006) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4374006&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Indian Ocean.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215388 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 2,968 of the 2,968 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 17 of the 17 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
76 records plotting inland were omitted: for a marine species those are almost always the holding institution's coordinates rather than a collection site.
Records show where the species has been observed and reported, not a modelled range.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 4374006) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4374006&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215388 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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