Marinula filholi

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–1 m
Water temperature12–18 °C
Best monthsJanuary, October, and December
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Saryu Mae 前朝琉 · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Marinula filholi is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae; found in New Zealand.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Marinula filholi”, 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: 12 records
February: 5 records
March: 7 records
April: 6 records
May: 3 records
June: 2 records
July: 4 records
August: 2 records
September: 6 records
October: 8 records
November: 4 records
December: 8 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–1 m · Deepest record: 1 m

0–10 m: 9 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 12–18 °C

12–14 °C: 8 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 15 records

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Names and classification

Other scientific names: Marinula chathamensis

Similar species

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).
206 open-data records from 1932 to 2014.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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