Knobbed triton

Charonia lampas

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth5–248 m
Water temperature11–27 °C
Best monthsJanuary, March, and December
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Peter Southwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

About this species

Charonia lampas, common name the pink lady, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Charoniidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Charonia lampas”, 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: 182 records
February: 142 records
March: 177 records
April: 165 records
May: 170 records
June: 119 records
July: 162 records
August: 144 records
September: 133 records
October: 167 records
November: 168 records
December: 172 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–248 m · Deepest record: 915.5 m

0–10 m: 76 records
10–20 m: 39 records
20–30 m: 4 records
30–40 m: 4 records
40–50 m: 4 records
50–60 m: 6 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 3 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 2 records
110+ m: 42 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 11–27 °C

10–12 °C: 1 records
12–14 °C: 10 records
14–16 °C: 63 records
16–18 °C: 53 records
18–20 °C: 44 records
20–22 °C: 101 records
22–24 °C: 43 records
24–26 °C: 15 records
26–28 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Southwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Shaun Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Shaun Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Knobbed triton, knobbed triton, Knobbed Triton Snail, Knobbed Triton's Trumpet Snail, pink lady, Red Triton Snail, Red Trumpet Snail

Names in 6 more languages

German: Kinkhorn, Knotiges Tritonshorn, Trompetenschnecke
Spanish: Caracola
French: Triton
Japanese: ボウシュウボラ
Korean: 나팔고둥
Simplified Chinese: 白法螺

Other scientific names: Charonia capax, Charonia crassa, Charonia euclia, Charonia mirabilis, Charonia nodifera, Charonia powelli, Charonia pustulata, Charonia rubicunda, Charonia sauliae, Eutritonium (Sassia) aperturale, Eutritonium lampas, Eutritonium nodiferum, Eutritonium salbriacense, Murex gyrinoides, Murex lampas, Murex nerei, Nyctilochus alfredensis, Ranella lampas, Septa englishi, Septa rubicunda, Simpulum nodiferum, Triton (Semiranella) valrovinensis, Triton (Triton) pliniae, Triton australe, Triton crassum, Triton gyrinoides

Similar species

Giant triton
Charonia tritonis

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).
1,464 open-data records from 1896 to 2025.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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