Liloa mongii
- Usual depth3–18 m
- Water temperature21–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and October
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 7 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 13 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 12 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–18 m · Deepest record: 590 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- トウマキカイコガイダマシ, トウマキタマゴガイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 白絲長葡萄螺
Other scientific names: Atys curta, Bulla (Haminea) curta, Bulla curta, Bulla mongii, Cylichna mongei, Cylichna mongii, Cylichnina mongii, Haminoea curta, Liloa curta
Similar species
Ghost Paper Bubble SnailAliculastrum cylindricum
White Pacific glassy-bubbleAtys naucum
- Springbok Paper Bubble Snail
Lamprohaminoea cymbalum
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 98 open-data records from 1850 to 2025.
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