Snowball Chama

Chama limbula

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth4–109 m
Water temperature20–30 °C
Best monthsJanuary, February, and June
How commonRare

All species

Photo credit: (c) Alexandria 'Alex' Wenninger, 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: 12 records
February: 14 records
March: 6 records
April: 2 records
May: 8 records
June: 19 records
July: 10 records
August: 3 records
September: 11 records
October: 12 records
November: 12 records
December: 6 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–109 m · Deepest record: 109.3 m

0–10 m: 2 records
10–20 m: 11 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 6 records
22–24 °C: 10 records
24–26 °C: 44 records
26–28 °C: 59 records
28–30 °C: 26 records

Photos

Names and classification

English: Snowball Chama, Violet-Mouth Chama

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: カネツケキクザル, カネツケザル
Korean: 보라굴아재비

Other scientific names: Chama aeruginosa, Chama buelowiana, Chama iostoma, Chama nivalis, Chama porosa

Similar species

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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).
257 open-data records from 1819 to 2013.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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