Photo credit: (c) H. Zell, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Lunella correensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the subfamily Turbininae of the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Lunella correensis”, 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: 7 records
- February: 9 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 22 records
- May: 55 records
- June: 10 records
- July: 17 records
- August: 13 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 9 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–22 °C
Photos
(c) Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Saryu Mae 前 朝琉 · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Kim, Hyun-tae, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Saryu Mae 前 朝琉 · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) りなべる, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Kim, Hyun-tae, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Se Lena, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- スガイ
- Korean
- 눈알고둥
- Simplified Chinese
- 朝鮮花冠小月螺
Other scientific names: Turbo correensis
Similar species
Moon TurbanLunella cinerea
Crowned Turban ShellLunella coronata
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).
- 968 open-data records from 1963 to 2021.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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