Bent murex
Murex aduncospinosus
- Usual depth20–85 m
- Water temperature26–29 °C
- Best monthsOctober
- How commonRare
About this species
Murex aduncospinosus, also known as the Short-spined murex, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Murex aduncospinosus”, 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: 3 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 8 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 20–85 m · Deepest record: 158.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Bent murex, Bent-spined murex, Short-spined murex, bent murex, bent-spined murex, short-spined murex
Names in 2 more languages
- German
- Gebogenstachelmurex
- Japanese
- マゲバリホネガイ
Other scientific names: Murex (Murex) aduncospinosus
Similar species
- Spiny woodcock
Murex pecten
- Woodcock murex
Murex scolopax
- Black-spined murex
Murex ternispina
- Rare spined murex
Murex trapa
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).
- 184 open-data records from 1957 to 1999.
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