Crowned Turban Shell
Lunella coronata
- Usual depth1–1 m
- Water temperature15–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and May
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Brian du Preez, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Lunella coronata, common name the crowned turban shell or the coronate moon turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Lunella coronata”, 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: 10 records
- February: 13 records
- March: 18 records
- April: 27 records
- May: 18 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 10 records
- August: 15 records
- September: 14 records
- October: 18 records
- November: 15 records
- December: 11 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–1 m · Deepest record: 1 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C
Photos
(c) Samuele Papeschi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Adele SL, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Dylan Leonard, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Brian du Preez, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Crowned Turban Shell
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- カンギク
- Simplified Chinese
- 珠螺
Other scientific names: Lunella viridana, Turbo (Lunella) coronatus, Turbo coronatus, Turbo creniferus, Turbo hemprichii, Turbo modestus
Similar species
Moon TurbanLunella cinerea
granulated moon turbanLunella granulata
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).
- 275 open-data records from 1791 to 2010.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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