Lesser girdled triton
Gelagna succincta
- Usual depth13–67 m
- Water temperature17–30 °C
- Best monthsMay, June, and July
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Richard Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Gelagna succincta, the lesser girdled triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Gelagna succincta”, 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: 4 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 7 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 6 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 13–67 m · Deepest record: 67 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 17–30 °C
Photos
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(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Lesser girdled triton, lesser girdled triton
Names in 3 more languages
- German
- Gürtel-Tritonshorn
- Japanese
- トウマキ
- Simplified Chinese
- 燈籠法螺
Other scientific names: Cymatium (Linatella) succinctum, Cymatium clandestinum, Cymatium succunctum, Eutritonium clandestinum, Linatella (Gelagna) succincta, Linatella clandestina, Linatella succincta, Murex succinctus, Neptunea doliata, Triton clandestinus, Triton confinis
Similar species
Knobbed TritonGutturnium muricinum
Tadpole tritonGyrineum gyrinum
Purple-mouthed Kookaburra WhelkGyrineum lacunatum
Gold-Mouthed Triton SnailMonoplex nicobaricus
Atlantic Hairy TritonMonoplex pilearis
Bristled Triton SnailMonoplex vespaceus
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).
- 109 open-data records from 1771 to 2018.
- Species data updated October 30, 2026.
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