Korrigania quirihorai
- Usual depth240–415 m
- Water temperature24–27 °C
- Best monthsSeptember and October
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Korrigania quirihorai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Korrigania quirihorai”, 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: 23 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 13 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 20 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 49 records
- October: 81 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 240–415 m · Deepest record: 830 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–27 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Bursa (Colubrellina) quirihorai, Bursa quirihorai
Similar species
Common frogsnailBufonaria rana
Granular Frog ShellDulcerana granularis
Frilled frogsnailBufonaria crumena
Spiny frogsnailBufonaria echinata
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).
- 520 open-data records from 1985 to 2011.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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