Arakawania musiva

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 4 records
February: 10 records
March: 10 records
April: 18 records
May: 31 records
June: 11 records
July: 16 records
August: 21 records
September: 12 records
October: 10 records
November: 6 records
December: 6 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–5 m · Deepest record: 5 m

0–10 m: 5 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C

18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 6 records
22–24 °C: 844 records
24–26 °C: 27 records
26–28 °C: 1 records
28–30 °C: 58 records

Photos

(c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Saryu Mae 前朝琉 · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) harum.koh, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) harum.koh, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

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

Similar species

Arakawania granulata
Arakawania marginalba
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.
1,145 open-data records from 1903 to 2021.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.