Leucotina casta
- Water temperature14–25 °C
- Best monthsMarch, September, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Leucotina casta is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Amathinidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Leucotina casta”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
Loading the map
Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–25 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Actaeon dianae, Actaeon praestitus, Actaeopyramis casta, Acteon austrinus, Acteon dianae, Acteon huttoni, Acteon praestitus, Admete ambigua, Fossarus bulimoides, Leucotina ambigua, Leucotina dianae, Leucotina esther, Leucotina niphonensis, Monoptygma casta, Monoptygma concinna, Monoptygma pura, Monotygma casta, Monotygma concinna, Monotygma pura, Odostomia gigantea, Odostomia sulcata, Rissoa punctatostriata, Tenuiactaeon ambiguus
Similar species
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).
- 131 open-data records from 1906 to 2016.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
Log what you see on your next dive
The free DiveHive diver app keeps your logbook with every sighting and shows what lives at the site you dive next.