Monodonta confusa
- Usual depth0 m
- Water temperature18–22 °C
- Best monthsApril and May
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) harum.koh, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Monodonta confusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Monodonta confusa”, 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: 10 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 22 records
- April: 86 records
- May: 116 records
- June: 42 records
- July: 25 records
- August: 18 records
- September: 14 records
- October: 8 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0 m · Deepest record: 0 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–22 °C
Photos
(c) harum.koh, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Hector Montero, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Se Lena, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Kim, Hyun-tae, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- イシダタミ, イシダタミガイ
- Korean
- 남방울타리고둥
- Simplified Chinese
- 迷惑單齒螺
Similar species
LabioMonodonta labio
Ribbon MonodontaAustrocochlea constricta
Zebra SnailAustrocochlea porcata
Banded Kelp ShellBankivia fasciata
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).
- 1,534 open-data records from 1960 to 2026.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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