Spotted Alaba
Alaba monile
- Usual depth0–1 m
- Water temperature14–23 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and March
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Alaba monile is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Alaba monile”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 49 records
- February: 40 records
- March: 51 records
- April: 37 records
- May: 28 records
- June: 12 records
- July: 26 records
- August: 17 records
- September: 27 records
- October: 27 records
- November: 19 records
- December: 24 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–1 m · Deepest record: 10 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–23 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Spotted Alaba
Other scientific names: Alaba pagodula, Alaba phasianella, Diala monile, Diala tesselata, Rissoina sanctaeclarae, Rissoina stclarae
Similar species
- Brown Sargassum Snail
Litiopa melanostoma
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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 663 open-data records from 1879 to 2014.
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