Black-mouth moonsnail
Mammilla melanostoma
- Usual depth1–60 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, July, and September
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Mammilla melanostoma is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Mammilla melanostoma”, 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: 24 records
- February: 16 records
- March: 14 records
- April: 9 records
- May: 15 records
- June: 17 records
- July: 20 records
- August: 13 records
- September: 18 records
- October: 11 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 16 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–60 m · Deepest record: 60 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Black-mouth moonsnail, black-mouth moonsnail
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Schwarzmündige Nabelschnecke
- Japanese
- リスガイ
- Korean
- 날씬한갈색긴배꼽고둥
- Simplified Chinese
- 黑唇玉螺
Other scientific names: Mamilla melanostoma, Natica melanochila, Natica melanostoma, Natica opaca, Natica succineoides, Nerita melanostoma, Polinices (Mammilla) melanostoma, Polinices melanostoma, Polinices opaca, Polinices opacus, Polynices opacus
Similar species
- Spotted Sand Shell
Notocochlis gualteriana
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).
- 467 open-data records from 1791 to 2013.
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