Ericusa papillosa
- Usual depth0–82 m
- Water temperature14–23 °C
- Best monthsAugust, October, and December
- How commonRare
About this species
Ericusa papillosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Ericusa papillosa”, 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: 7 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 8 records
- August: 12 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 9 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 11 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–82 m · Deepest record: 82.3 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–23 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Scaphella papillaris, Voluta kenyoniana, Voluta papillaris, Voluta papillosa
Similar species
spindle-shaped voluteEricusa sowerbyi
- Lightning Volute
Ericusa fulgetrum
- 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).
- 119 open-data records from 1912 to 2016.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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