Costatophora iniqua
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsSeptember, October, and December
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Korean
- 적색띠줄고둥
- Thai
- หอยจิ๋วเวียนซ้ายลายเส้นสีน้ำตาล
Other scientific names: Brucetriphora iniqua, Mastonia iniqua, Mesophora sardonyx, Notosinister kawamurai, Tetraphora iniqua, Triphora fuscolineae, Triphora sardonyx
Similar species
- Blotched Sinistral Creeper
Aclophoropsis maculosa
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).
- 100 open-data records from 1955 to 1979.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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