Notched False Limpet

About this species

Emarginula candida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Emarginula candida”, 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: 43 records
February: 30 records
March: 48 records
April: 29 records
May: 29 records
June: 14 records
July: 10 records
August: 13 records
September: 15 records
October: 28 records
November: 26 records
December: 31 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0 m · Deepest record: 16 m

0–10 m: 57 records
10–20 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–24 °C

12–14 °C: 22 records
14–16 °C: 175 records
16–18 °C: 22 records
18–20 °C: 27 records
20–22 °C: 76 records
22–24 °C: 11 records

Photos

(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rod Lowther, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Notched False Limpet

Other scientific names: Emarginula hedleyi

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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).
505 open-data records from 1890 to 2014.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.