Bedeva vinosa

About this species

Bedeva vinosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 100 records
February: 90 records
March: 86 records
April: 71 records
May: 41 records
June: 49 records
July: 29 records
August: 49 records
September: 80 records
October: 55 records
November: 87 records
December: 75 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0 m · Deepest record: 10 m

0–10 m: 126 records
10–20 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–28 °C

12–14 °C: 42 records
14–16 °C: 329 records
16–18 °C: 58 records
18–20 °C: 8 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 4 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 2 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rod Lowther, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rod Lowther, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) James K. Douch, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Buccinum vinosum, Cominella albolirata, Haustrum vinosum, Kalydon vinosus, Lepsiella vinosa, Ocenebra jenksii, Ocinebra jenksii, Purpura littorinoides, Purpura propinqua, Ricinula adelaidensis

Similar species

Bedeva paivae
Bedeva baileyana
Common Small Purple
Agnewia tritoniformis
Arakawania granulata
Arakawania marginalba
Arakawania musiva

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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,262 open-data records from 1894 to 2014.
Species data updated October 31, 2026.