Lamellitrophon traversi

About this species

Lamellitrophon traversi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 5 records
February: 5 records
March: 6 records
April: 14 records
May: 1 records
June: 3 records
July: 4 records
August: 2 records
September: 5 records
October: 5 records
November: 2 records
December: 5 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–75 m · Deepest record: 79 m

0–10 m: 12 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 12–18 °C

10–12 °C: 1 records
12–14 °C: 9 records
14–16 °C: 4 records
16–18 °C: 19 records
18–20 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kelvin Perrie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Emily Roberts, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Axymene traversi, Fusus corticatus, Fusus traversi, Trophon waipipicola, Xymene quirindus, Xymene traversi

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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).
324 open-data records from 1907 to 2013.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.