Ministrombus minimus
- Usual depth1–35 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 8 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–35 m · Deepest record: 35 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- コソデガイ
Other scientific names: Dolomena (Ministrombus) minima, Dolomena minima, Strombus (Dolomena) minimus, Strombus (Gallinula) minimus, Strombus minimus, Strombus troglodytes
Similar species
- Variable Conch
Ministrombus variabilis
Labiate StrombCanarium labiatum
Red Mouthed StrombConomurex luhuanus
- Gibbose Stromb
Gibberulus gibberulus
- Chiragra spider conch
Harpago chiragra
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).
- 60 open-data records from 1913 to 2018.
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