About this species
Cronia amygdala is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Cronia amygdala”, 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: 2 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 8 records
- August: 7 records
- September: 10 records
- October: 14 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Cronia (Cronia) amygdala, Cronia amygdata, Purpura amygdala
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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).
- 108 open-data records from 1923 to 2014.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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