About this species
Lataxiena blosvillei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Lataxiena blosvillei”, 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: 2 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 7 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Bedeva blosvillei, Bedeva vapida, Fusus blosvillei, Fusus heptagonalis, Lataxiena harryleei, Latirus blosvillei, Tudicla blosvillei
Similar species
Adusta murexChicoreus brunneus
Branched murexChicoreus ramosus
Purple coral snailCoralliophila violacea
Mulberry drupeDrupa morum
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).
- 162 open-data records from 1903 to 1999.
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