Cookia sulcata

About this species

Cookia sulcata, or Cook's turban, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 161 records
February: 131 records
March: 125 records
April: 230 records
May: 114 records
June: 74 records
July: 116 records
August: 94 records
September: 129 records
October: 213 records
November: 197 records
December: 163 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 3–14 m · Deepest record: 120 m

0–10 m: 184 records
10–20 m: 77 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 3 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 12–21 °C

10–12 °C: 2 records
12–14 °C: 6 records
14–16 °C: 5 records
16–18 °C: 159 records
18–20 °C: 5 records
20–22 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Saryu Mae 前朝琉 · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) wild_wind, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by wild_wind · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Javier · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) wild_wind, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) wild_wind, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Astraea cookii, Astraea sulcata, Astralium pyramidale, Cidaris novaezeelandiae, Cookia novaezelandiae, Imperator davisii, Trochus cookii, Trochus sulcatus, Turbo sulcatus

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scaly small star
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Moon Turban
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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).
839 open-data records from 1927 to 2022.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.