Labiate Stromb
Canarium labiatum
- Usual depth1–37 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsJune, July, and August
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) H. Zell, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Canarium labiatum, the Samar conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Canarium labiatum”, 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: 20 records
- February: 14 records
- March: 9 records
- April: 19 records
- May: 11 records
- June: 30 records
- July: 42 records
- August: 45 records
- September: 28 records
- October: 19 records
- November: 16 records
- December: 24 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–37 m · Deepest record: 37 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Photos
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) River Ahlquist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) JH, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Neal Kelso, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Greg Tasney, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Labiate Stromb, plicate conch
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ヒダトリガイ, フトスジムカシタモト, フトスジムカシタモト／ヒダトリガイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 百肋鳳凰螺
Other scientific names: Canarium otiolum, Lambis labiata, Lambis reticulata, Strombus (Canarium) labiatus, Strombus labiatus, Strombus plicatus
Similar species
Red Mouthed StrombConomurex luhuanus
- Gibbose Stromb
Gibberulus gibberulus
- Chiragra spider conch
Harpago chiragra
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).
- 515 open-data records from 1798 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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