Blood-stained frog shell
Lampasopsis cruentata
- Usual depth8–54 m
- Water temperature18–30 °C
- Best monthsJune, July, and August
- How commonRare
About this species
Lampasopsis cruentata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Lampasopsis cruentata”, 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: 1 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 10 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 12 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 7 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 8–54 m · Deepest record: 250 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Blood-stained frog shell
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- シワオキニシ
Other scientific names: Bursa cruentata, Ranella cruentata
Similar species
- Wine-mouth Frog shell
Lampasopsis rhodostoma
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).
- 231 open-data records from 1835 to 2014.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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