Amoria canaliculata
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsJuly, September, and November
- How commonRare
About this species
Amoria canaliculata, common name the caniculate volute, is a species of sea snail in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Amoria (Amoria) canaliculata, Voluta (Amoria) canaliculata, Voluta harfordi
Similar species
- Waved volute
Amoria undulata
- Zebra volute
Amoria zebra
- Damon's volute
Amoria damonii
- Elliot's volute
Amoria ellioti
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).
- 70 open-data records from 1959 to 2003.
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