ternate false fusus
Brunneifusus ternatanus
- Water temperature21–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and August
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Brunneifusus ternatanus, common name ternate false fusus, is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Brunneifusus ternatanus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 8 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 10 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C
Photos
(c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- ternate false fusus
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- テングニシ
- Korean
- 털탑고둥
- Simplified Chinese
- 赤香螺
Other scientific names: Brunneifusus carinifer, Brunneifusus cariniferus, Buccinum tuba, Fusus pyrulaceus, Hemifusus carinifer, Hemifusus elongatus, Hemifusus ternatanus, Hemifusus zhangyii, Lenifusus elongatus, Murex ternatanus, Pugilina elongata, Pugilina ternatanus, Pyrula elongata
Similar species
- Spiral Melongena
Volegalea cochlidium
- Heavy crown shell
Volema myristica
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).
- 52 open-data records from 1958 to 1979.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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