Lophiotoma acuta
- Usual depth3–69 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsSeptember, October, and November
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Lophiotoma acuta, commonly known as the marbled turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Lophiotoma acuta”, 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: 19 records
- February: 29 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 11 records
- June: 38 records
- July: 36 records
- August: 37 records
- September: 61 records
- October: 57 records
- November: 39 records
- December: 22 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–69 m · Deepest record: 150 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- トラフクダマキ
Other scientific names: Lophiotoma (Lophiotoma) acuta, Lophiotoma microsticta, Lophiotoma tigrina, Pleurotoma (Turris) peaseana, Pleurotoma acuta, Pleurotoma marmorata, Pleurotoma punctata, Pleurotoma tigrina, Turris acuta, Turris tigrina
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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).
- 881 open-data records from 1822 to 2014.
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