graceful fig shell
Ficus gracilis
- Usual depth20 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch and April
- How commonRare
About this species
Ficus gracilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ficidae, the fig shells.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Ficus gracilis”, 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: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 20 m · Deepest record: 20 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- graceful fig shell
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- オオビワガイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 大枇杷螺
Other scientific names: Pyrula dussumieri, Pyrula gracilis
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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).
- 48 open-data records from 1825 to 2014.
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