Murex tenuirostrum
- Usual depth16–103 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsSeptember and October
- How commonRare
About this species
Murex tenuirostrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.SubspeciesMurex tenuirostrum africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988: synonym of Murex africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 23 records
- October: 25 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 16–103 m · Deepest record: 490 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- エンマノホネガイ
Other scientific names: Murex (Murex) tenuirostrum
Similar species
- Bent murex
Murex aduncospinosus
- 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).
- 264 open-data records from 1929 to 2012.
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