Mancinella armigera
- Usual depth1–14 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly
- How commonRare
About this species
Mancinella armigera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. The species name means “bearing arms”.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Mancinella armigera”, 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: 6 records
- February: 7 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 8 records
- July: 36 records
- August: 15 records
- September: 18 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–14 m · Deepest record: 426 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- シラクモガイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 大岩螺
Other scientific names: Purpura affinis, Purpura armigera, Reishia armigera, Stramonita armigera, Thais armigera, Turbinella armigera
Similar species
- Alou rock shell
Mancinella alouina
- Prickly rock shell
Mancinella echinata
- Lamarck's spiny rock shell
Mancinella echinulata
Adusta murexChicoreus brunneus
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).
- 272 open-data records from 1807 to 2012.
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