Wheel murex
Homalocantha zamboi
- Usual depth15–28 m
- Water temperature28–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly
- How commonRare
About this species
Homalocantha zamboi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Homalocantha zamboi”, 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: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 15–28 m · Deepest record: 27.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Wheel murex, Zambo's murex, wheel murex
Names in 3 more languages
- German
- Räder-Stachelschnecke
- Japanese
- トナカイイチョウ
- Simplified Chinese
- 然氏銀杏螺
Similar species
- Anatomical murex
Homalocantha anatomica
- Scorpion murex
Homalocantha scorpio
Adusta murexChicoreus brunneus
Branched murexChicoreus ramosus
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).
- 44 open-data records from 1958 to 1998.
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