Wine-mouth Frog shell
Lampasopsis rhodostoma
- Usual depth7–80 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly, November, and December
- How commonRare
About this species
Lampasopsis rhodostoma, common name the Wine-mouth frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Lampasopsis rhodostoma”, 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: 5 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 13 records
- June: 12 records
- July: 15 records
- August: 14 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 8 records
- November: 22 records
- December: 21 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 7–80 m · Deepest record: 520 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Wine-mouth Frog shell
Names in 2 more languages
- Spanish
- Caracol rana
- Japanese
- オハグロオキニシ
Other scientific names: Bursa bergeri, Bursa rhodostoma, Bursa venustula, Ranella bergeri, Ranella paulucciana, Ranella rhodostoma, Ranella venustula
Similar species
Common frogsnailBufonaria rana
Granular Frog ShellDulcerana granularis
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).
- 421 open-data records from 1939 to 2014.
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