Austroginella translucida

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Water temperature15–24 °C
Best monthsJanuary, February, and September
How commonRare

All species

Photo credit: (c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 14 records
February: 14 records
March: 7 records
April: 10 records
May: 10 records
June: 7 records
July: 4 records
August: 8 records
September: 11 records
October: 5 records
November: 7 records
December: 4 records

Depth and water temperature

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–24 °C

14–16 °C: 5 records
16–18 °C: 6 records
18–20 °C: 33 records
20–22 °C: 115 records
22–24 °C: 44 records

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Names and classification

Other scientific names: Austroginella humerica, Marginella attenuata, Marginella humerica, Marginella translucida, Marginella volutiformis, Mesoginella humerica, Mesoginella translucida, Sinuginella humerica, Sinuginella translucida

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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).
220 open-data records from 1893 to 2004.
Species data updated October 31, 2026.

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