Chiragra spider conch
Harpago chiragra
- Usual depth3–33 m
- Water temperature15–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary and June
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Harpago chiragra, common name the Chiragra spider conch, is a species of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Harpago chiragra”, 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: 8 records
- February: 11 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 18 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 7 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 6 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–33 m · Deepest record: 35 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Chiragra spider conch, Chiragra Conch, chiragra spider conch
Names in 5 more languages
- German
- Chiragra-Spinnenschnecke, Großer Bootshaken
- French
- Six doigts
- Japanese
- スイジガイ
- Thai
- หอยสังข์เขา
- Simplified Chinese
- 水字螺
Other scientific names: Bothrodon pridii, Lambis (Harpago) chiragra, Lambis chiragra, Lambis harpago, Lambis undulata, Pterocera chiragra, Pterocera kochii, Strombus chiragra
Similar species
Labiate StrombCanarium labiatum
Red Mouthed StrombConomurex luhuanus
- Gibbose Stromb
Gibberulus gibberulus
- Common spider conch
Lambis lambis
- Giant spider conch
Lambis truncata
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).
- 354 open-data records from 1758 to 2015.
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