Large Liotia
Liotinaria peronii
- Usual depth0.2 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, August, and September
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) H. Zell, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Liotinaria peronii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Liotinaria peronii”, 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: 22 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 9 records
- June: 17 records
- July: 21 records
- August: 26 records
- September: 33 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0.2 m · Deepest record: 0.2 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Large Liotia
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- コウゴウヒメカタベ, リュウキュウヒメカタベ
- Thai
- หอยดาวจิ๋ว
Other scientific names: Delphinula peronii, Liotina (Liotinaria) peronii, Liotina (Liotinaria) ryukyuensis, Liotina fijiensis, Liotina peronii, Liotina ryukyuensis
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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).
- 255 open-data records from 1839 to 2010.
- Species data updated October 30, 2026.
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