Cominella eburnea

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 156 records
February: 91 records
March: 127 records
April: 115 records
May: 87 records
June: 111 records
July: 128 records
August: 69 records
September: 126 records
October: 125 records
November: 108 records
December: 125 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–9 m · Deepest record: 11.5 m

0–10 m: 36 records
10–20 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–28 °C

12–14 °C: 4 records
14–16 °C: 137 records
16–18 °C: 70 records
18–20 °C: 40 records
20–22 °C: 34 records
22–24 °C: 29 records
24–26 °C: 3 records
26–28 °C: 2 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Rod Lowther, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Belinda Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rod Lowther, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) James K. Douch, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Buccinum angasi, Buccinum costatum, Buccinum eburneum, Buccinum filiceum, Cominella (Iosepha) eburnea, Cominella (Josepha) eburnea, Cominella filicea

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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).
731 open-data records from 1908 to 2014.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.