About this species
Cirsonella weldii, with the common name of the shiny liotia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the of family Skeneidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Cirsonella weldii”, 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: 4 records
- March: 19 records
- April: 11 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 11 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4.5 m · Deepest record: 4.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 13–25 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Cirsonella australis, Cirsonella naticoides, Crossea naticoides, Cyclostrema susonis, Cyclostrema weldii
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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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 177 open-data records from 1902 to 2016.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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