Large-spotted Triton Snail
Lotoria grandimaculata
- Water temperature24–29 °C
- Best monthsJune and December
- How commonRare
About this species
Lotoria grandimaculata, the large spotted triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Lotoria grandimaculata”, 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: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Large-spotted Triton Snail
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- クロフフジツガイ
Other scientific names: Charonia grandimaculatus, Cymatium (Lotoria) grandimaculatum, Cymatium grandimaculatum, Triton grandimaculatus
Similar species
- black-spotted triton
Lotoria lotoria
- Knobbed Triton
Gutturnium muricinum
- Tadpole triton
Gyrineum gyrinum
- Purple-mouthed Kookaburra Whelk
Gyrineum lacunatum
- Gold-Mouthed Triton Snail
Monoplex nicobaricus
- Atlantic Hairy Triton
Monoplex pilearis
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).
- 24 open-data records from 1957 to 1971.
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