Arakawania marginalba

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 189 records
February: 106 records
March: 231 records
April: 226 records
May: 185 records
June: 243 records
July: 195 records
August: 193 records
September: 232 records
October: 287 records
November: 178 records
December: 186 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0.3 m · Deepest record: 0.3 m

0–10 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–28 °C

16–18 °C: 5 records
18–20 °C: 25 records
20–22 °C: 32 records
22–24 °C: 62 records
24–26 °C: 40 records
26–28 °C: 15 records
28–30 °C: 3 records

Photos

(c) Sofia Zvolanek, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Auradyme, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Niki Hubbard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Matt B, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) James K. Douch, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Morula (Morula) marginalba, Purpura marginalba, Tenguella marginalba

Similar species

Arakawania granulata
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.
434 open-data records from 1900 to 2011.
Species data updated October 27, 2026.