About this species
Littoraria pallescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Littoraria pallescens”, 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: 3 records
- February: 11 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 34 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- イロタマキビ
Other scientific names: Litorina pallescens, Littoraria (Littorinopsis) pallescens, Littorina arboricola, Littorina pallescens, Littorina sieboldii
Similar species
- Robust shell
Littoraria undulata
- Pyramid Noddiwink
Nodilittorina pyramidalis
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).
- 268 open-data records from 1846 to 2022.
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