
Maurea waikanae
- Usual depth44–148 m
- Water temperature11–18 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and May
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Auckland Museum, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Maurea waikanae 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 waikanae”, 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: 14 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 13 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 44–148 m · Deepest record: 251 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 11–18 °C
Photos

(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Javier · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Javier · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Javier · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Richard Littauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Calliostoma (Calliotropis) waikanae, Calliostoma (Maurea) waikanae, Calliostoma waikanae
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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).
- 326 open-data records from 1933 to 2015.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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