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Alvania filocincta

  • Molluscs
  • IUCN: Not evaluated
  • Water temperature14–21 °C
  • Best monthsMarch, May, and June
  • How commonRare
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About this species

Alvania filocincta is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Alvania filocincta”, 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: 0 records
  • February: 3 records
  • March: 8 records
  • April: 1 records
  • May: 5 records
  • June: 7 records
  • July: 1 records
  • August: 3 records
  • September: 1 records
  • October: 4 records
  • November: 1 records
  • December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–21 °C

  • 12–14 °C: 1 records
  • 14–16 °C: 15 records
  • 16–18 °C: 9 records
  • 18–20 °C: 3 records
  • 20–22 °C: 18 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Alvania (Linemera) filocincta, Linemera filocincta, Rissoa filocincta

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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).
  • 54 open-data records from 1905 to 2016.

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