Dwarf Atlantic Planaxis

About this species

Hinea lineata, common name the dwarf Atlantic planaxis, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Hinea lineata”, 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: 15 records
February: 16 records
March: 26 records
April: 20 records
May: 21 records
June: 17 records
July: 25 records
August: 15 records
September: 7 records
October: 16 records
November: 7 records
December: 20 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–22 m · Deepest record: 22.2 m

0–10 m: 8 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–29 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 10 records
24–26 °C: 16 records
26–28 °C: 127 records
28–30 °C: 55 records

Photos

(c) Ben Jobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Stephanie Tran, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jacob Weston, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Morgan Freese, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Josiah Londerée, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Dwarf Atlantic Planaxis, dwarf planaxis

Other scientific names: Angiola lineata, Buccinum lineatum, Buccinum zebra, Planaxis eboreus, Planaxis lineatus

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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).
373 open-data records from 1778 to 2017.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.