Gazameda iredalei

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth5.5 m
Water temperature14–20 °C
Best monthsJanuary, April, and July
How commonRare

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Photo credit: (c) Rosalie Lawrence, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Gazameda iredalei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Gazameda iredalei”, 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: 21 records
February: 6 records
March: 8 records
April: 15 records
May: 11 records
June: 6 records
July: 15 records
August: 9 records
September: 8 records
October: 13 records
November: 6 records
December: 4 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5.5 m · Deepest record: 5.5 m

0–10 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–20 °C

12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 2 records
16–18 °C: 30 records
18–20 °C: 5 records

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Names and classification

Other scientific names: Stiracolpus iredalei, Torcula clathrata, Turritella (Torcula) clathrata, Turritella (Torcula) constricta, Turritella clathrata

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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).
68 open-data records from 1911 to 2007.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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