turtle dove shell
Euplica turturina
- Usual depth7–48 m
- Water temperature21–30 °C
- Best monthsOctober, November, and December
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Euplica turturina, common name : the turtle dove shell, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Euplica turturina”, 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: 28 records
- February: 28 records
- March: 32 records
- April: 16 records
- May: 29 records
- June: 9 records
- July: 40 records
- August: 37 records
- September: 56 records
- October: 67 records
- November: 64 records
- December: 62 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 7–48 m · Deepest record: 466 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- turtle dove shell
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- マルフトコロ
- Simplified Chinese
- 球麥螺
Other scientific names: Colombella turturina, Columbella palumbina, Columbella sandwichensis, Columbella turturina, Pyrene turturina
Similar species
- Dotted Dove Shell
Euplica scripta
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).
- 964 open-data records from 1822 to 2022.
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