Lightning Volute
Ericusa fulgetrum
- Water temperature16–18 °C
- Best monthsJuly, November, and December
- How commonRare
About this species
Ericusa fulgetrum, the lightning volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Ericusa fulgetrum”, 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: 4 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 7 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 6 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 7 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 16–18 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Lightning Volute
Other scientific names: Ericusa orca, Scaphella fulgetrum, Voluta fulgetrum
Similar species
spindle-shaped voluteEricusa sowerbyi
- silk-like volute
Ericusa sericata
Waved voluteAmoria undulata
Zebra voluteAmoria zebra
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).
- 36 open-data records from 1965 to 1973.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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