Miniature melo
Micromelo undatus
- Usual depth1–26 m
- Water temperature21–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, March, and April
- How commonRare
About this species
Micromelo undatus, common name the miniature melo, is an uncommon species of small sea snail or bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplustridae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Micromelo undatus”, 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: 15 records
- March: 12 records
- April: 14 records
- May: 11 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 7 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 8 records
- November: 9 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–26 m · Deepest record: 25.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Miniature melo, miniature melo, Miniature Melo, polka-dot bubble shell
Names in 2 more languages
- German
- Zwerg-Melo
- Japanese
- コンシボリガイ
Other scientific names: Bulla elegans, Bulla nitidula, Bulla undata, Bullina elegans, Micromelo undata
Similar species
- Toffee-banded bubble shell
Hydatina zonata
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).
- 186 open-data records from 1953 to 2022.
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