Fly marginella
Austroginella muscaria
- Usual depth0 m
- Water temperature14–25 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and September
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 28 records
- February: 28 records
- March: 19 records
- April: 17 records
- May: 17 records
- June: 25 records
- July: 11 records
- August: 9 records
- September: 26 records
- October: 14 records
- November: 9 records
- December: 9 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0 m · Deepest record: 28 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–25 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Fly marginella, Fly-like Margin Shell, fly marginella
Names in 1 more languages
- German
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Other scientific names: Erato lactea, Marginella lactea, Marginella muscaria
Similar species
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 414 open-data records from 1880 to 2017.
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