Photo credit: (c) H. Zell, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Where and when
Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 0 records
Photos
(c) Parsa Fard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Licheng Shih, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Cheryl Stinchcomb, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Karim Haddad, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) luluchouette, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Andre Hosper, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) luluchouette, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Doxander vittatus, Strombus (Doxander) vittatus, Strombus elatus, Strombus vittatus
Similar species
Labiate StrombCanarium labiatum
Red Mouthed StrombConomurex luhuanus
Gibbose StrombGibberulus gibberulus
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).
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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