Arakawania granulata

Molluscs

Usual depth1–10 m
Water temperature20–30 °C
Best monthsJune, September, and October
How commonOccasional

All species

Photo credit: (c) Brian du Preez, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Brian du Preez · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 75 records
February: 59 records
March: 82 records
April: 56 records
May: 77 records
June: 85 records
July: 77 records
August: 75 records
September: 83 records
October: 85 records
November: 62 records
December: 70 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–10 m · Deepest record: 265 m

0–10 m: 76 records
10–20 m: 7 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

20–22 °C: 16 records
22–24 °C: 222 records
24–26 °C: 106 records
26–28 °C: 132 records
28–30 °C: 130 records

Photos

(c) Chris Taklis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Shaunak Modi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rosemary Harrison, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Drupa granulata, Drupa tuberculata, Morula (Morula) granulata, Morula granulata, Morula tuberculata, Purpura granulata, Purpura tuberculata, Ricinula tuberculata, Sistrum granulatum, Sistrum tuberculatum, Tenguella granulata

Similar species

Arakawania marginalba
Arakawania musiva
Common Small Purple
Agnewia tritoniformis
Adusta murex
Chicoreus brunneus
Branched murex
Chicoreus ramosus
Purple coral snail
Coralliophila violacea

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.
1,004 open-data records from 1902 to 2024.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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