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About this species
Monodonta perplexa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Monodonta perplexa”, 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: 0 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 19 records
- May: 18 records
- June: 21 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 17–26 °C
Names and classification
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- クビレクロヅケガイ
- Korean
- 깜장각시고둥
- Simplified Chinese
- 扭鐘螺
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).
- 191 open-data records from 1951 to 2021.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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