Maculotriton serriale

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–38 m
Water temperature15–30 °C
Best monthsJune, August, and October
How commonOccasional

About this species

Maculotriton is a monotypic genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Its sole accepted species is Maculotriton serriale.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Maculotriton”, 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: 22 records
February: 15 records
March: 22 records
April: 10 records
May: 15 records
June: 27 records
July: 22 records
August: 26 records
September: 20 records
October: 23 records
November: 21 records
December: 18 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–38 m · Deepest record: 114 m

0–10 m: 23 records
10–20 m: 9 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 3 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110–120 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 10 records
20–22 °C: 16 records
22–24 °C: 70 records
24–26 °C: 64 records
26–28 °C: 88 records
28–30 °C: 115 records

Names and classification

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: ゴマフヌカボラ
Korean: 꼬마흑점밀알고둥

Other scientific names: Buccinum pulicaris, Buccinum serriale, Charonia digitalis, Clathurella epidelia, Clathurella pulicaris, Clathurella waterhouseae, Colombella epidelia, Colubraria bracteata, Colubraria digitalis, Columbella pulicaris, Epidromus bracteatus, Eutriton digitalis, Eutritonium digitale, Maculotriton bracteatus, Maculotriton digitale, Maculotriton serrialis, Triton angulatus, Triton bacillum, Triton bracteatus, Triton digitale, Triton lativaricosus, Tritonidea petterdi

Similar species

Common Small Purple
Agnewia tritoniformis
Arakawania granulata
Arakawania musiva
Adusta murex
Chicoreus brunneus
Branched murex
Chicoreus ramosus
Purple coral snail
Coralliophila violacea

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).
651 open-data records from 1865 to 2023.

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