Pyramid Sea Butterfly

Clio pyramidata

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth10–250 m
Water temperature-2–30 °C
Best monthsJanuary and February
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Clio pyramidata is a species of sea butterfly, a floating and swimming sea snail, a pelagic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cliidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Clio pyramidata”, 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: 418 records
February: 481 records
March: 153 records
April: 17 records
May: 38 records
June: 41 records
July: 32 records
August: 17 records
September: 13 records
October: 36 records
November: 75 records
December: 166 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 10–250 m · Deepest record: 4,766 m

0–10 m: 68 records
10–20 m: 473 records
20–30 m: 25 records
30–40 m: 28 records
40–50 m: 17 records
50–60 m: 23 records
60–70 m: 32 records
70–80 m: 32 records
80–90 m: 14 records
90–100 m: 16 records
100–110 m: 306 records
110+ m: 249 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -2–30 °C

-2–0 °C: 460 records
0–2 °C: 41 records
2–4 °C: 24 records
4–6 °C: 33 records
6–8 °C: 39 records
8–10 °C: 19 records
10–12 °C: 10 records
12–14 °C: 4 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 14 records
18–20 °C: 35 records
20–22 °C: 82 records
22–24 °C: 38 records
24–26 °C: 23 records
26–28 °C: 49 records
28–30 °C: 26 records

Names and classification

English: Pyramid Sea Butterfly, Pyramid Clio

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: ウキビシガイ

Other scientific names: Cleodora bowdenensis, Cleodora brownii, Cleodora exacuta, Cleodora martensii, Cleodora occidentalis, Cleodora pyramidata, Cleodora sulcata, Cleodora vaticana, Clio (Clio) pyramidata, Clio antarctica, Clio caudata, Clio retusa, Clio sulcata, Hyalaea caudata, Hyalaea lanceolata, Hyalaea retusa, Proclio subteres

Similar species

Clio convexa

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).
3,034 open-data records from 1767 to 2026.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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