Tiger maurea

About this species

Maurea tigris, the tiger maurea, tiger top shell or tiger topsnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Maurea tigris”, 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: 31 records
February: 21 records
March: 17 records
April: 19 records
May: 11 records
June: 12 records
July: 10 records
August: 5 records
September: 6 records
October: 24 records
November: 22 records
December: 16 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–82 m · Deepest record: 267.5 m

0–10 m: 17 records
10–20 m: 7 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 11–18 °C

10–12 °C: 5 records
12–14 °C: 11 records
14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 39 records
18–20 °C: 2 records

Photos

(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Javier · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Saryu Mae 前朝琉 · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Saryu Mae 前朝琉 · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Shaun Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) apteryx54, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kelvin Perrie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Tiger maurea, Tiger top shell, Tiger topsnail, tiger maurea, Tiger Shell, tiger top shell, tiger topsnail

Names in 2 more languages

German: Tigerschnecke
Japanese: トラエビス, トラフマウリエビス

Other scientific names: Calliostoma (Maurea) tigris, Calliostoma tigris, Trochus granatum, Trochus tigris, Venustas tigris

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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).
450 open-data records from 1907 to 2013.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.