Amalda fuscolingua

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth300–420 m
Water temperature24–25 °C
Best monthsSeptember
How commonRare

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About this species

Amalda fuscolingua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ancillariidae, the olives.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Amalda fuscolingua”, 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: 1 records
March: 0 records
April: 0 records
May: 0 records
June: 0 records
July: 0 records
August: 1 records
September: 11 records
October: 1 records
November: 0 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 300–420 m · Deepest record: 648 m

240–250 m: 1 records
250–260 m: 0 records
260–270 m: 0 records
270–280 m: 0 records
280–290 m: 0 records
290–300 m: 0 records
300–310 m: 3 records
310–320 m: 1 records
320–330 m: 3 records
330–340 m: 0 records
340–350 m: 2 records
350+ m: 22 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–25 °C

24–26 °C: 32 records

Names and classification

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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).
96 open-data records from 1985 to 2008.
Species data updated October 27, 2026.

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