Glyptozaria opulenta
- Water temperature14–25 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and June
- How commonRare
About this species
Glyptozaria opulenta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Glyptozaria opulenta”, 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: 2 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–25 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Turritella opulenta
Similar species
Prickly Horn SnailCerithium echinatum
Pillar CreeperCerithium columna
Coral CerithCerithium coralium
Nadelschnecke giant knobbed cerithCerithium nodulosum
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.
- 63 open-data records from 1898 to 2016.
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