Amphibola crenata
- Usual depth0–14 m
- Water temperature12–18 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, October, and November
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Amphibola crenata is a species of air-breathing snail with an operculum, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc which lives in a habitat that is intermediate between the land and the sea, not entirely terrestrial and not entirely marine. This is not a true land snail, but it is also not a true sea snail. Unlike almost all other snails that have opercula, this species breathes air. It is common in New Zealand.
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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: 7 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 9 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–14 m · Deepest record: 1,253.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 12–18 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Amphibola australis, Amphibola avellana, Amphibola obvoluta, Bulimus avellana, Cyclostrema obliquata, Helix crenata, Limax crenata
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).
- 588 open-data records from 1939 to 2021.
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