Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 6 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 14 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 4 more languages
- Japanese
- ムラサキハラブトキリオレ
- Korean
- 보라병띠줄고둥
- Thai
- หอยจิ๋วเวียนซ้ายสีชมพูใหญ่
- Simplified Chinese
- 豔珠左錐螺
Other scientific names: Triphora rubra, Triphoris (Mastonia) ruber, Triphoris ruber
Similar species
- Blotched Sinistral Creeper
Aclophoropsis maculosa
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 136 open-data records from 1843 to 2009.
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