Eunaticina papilla
- Usual depth7–57 m
- Water temperature15–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly, August, and September
- How commonRare
About this species
Eunaticina papilla, the papilla moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Eunaticina papilla”, 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: 13 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 10 records
- May: 9 records
- June: 11 records
- July: 24 records
- August: 16 records
- September: 20 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 11 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 7–57 m · Deepest record: 57 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- ネコガイ
- Korean
- 흰구슬고동, 둥근흰구슬고둥
- Simplified Chinese
- 乳頭玉螺
Other scientific names: Albula tranquebarica, Eunaticina (Eunaticina) coarctata, Eunaticina cincta, Eunaticina coarctata, Natica costulata, Natica papilla, Naticaria cancellata, Nerita papilla, Sigaretus (Eunaticina) tener, Sigaretus (Naticina) cinctus, Sigaretus cinctus, Sigaretus coarctatus, Sigaretus nitidus, Sigaretus papilla, Sigaretus tener, Sigaretus tumescens, Sinum (Eunaticina) papilla, Sinum papilla
Similar species
- Black-mouth moonsnail
Mammilla melanostoma
- Spotted Sand Shell
Notocochlis gualteriana
- Butterfly-Wing Sand Shell
Glyphepithema alapapilionis
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).
- 345 open-data records from 1791 to 2014.
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