Nassarius festivus

About this species

Nassarius festivus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 19 records
February: 10 records
March: 14 records
April: 63 records
May: 72 records
June: 46 records
July: 81 records
August: 14 records
September: 30 records
October: 71 records
November: 31 records
December: 2 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 3–20 m · Deepest record: 22 m

0–10 m: 7 records
10–20 m: 7 records
20–30 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 8–27 °C

8–10 °C: 1 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 2 records
14–16 °C: 5 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 329 records
20–22 °C: 125 records
22–24 °C: 27 records
24–26 °C: 3 records
26–28 °C: 9 records

Photos

(c) Kim, Hyun-tae, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kim, Hyun-tae, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rajan Rao, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Zinogre, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Zinogre, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) W Rao, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) JH, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: アラムシロ

Other scientific names: Hinia festiva, Nassa (Hebra) bonneti, Nassa (Hebra) bouneti, Nassa (Hima) festiva, Nassa festiva, Nassa lirata, Nassa nodata, Nassarius (Hinia) festivus, Nassarius (Hinia) prefestivus, Nassarius (Niotha) festivus, Reticunassa festiva, Tritia (Hinia) festivus, Tritia festiva

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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).
960 open-data records from 1959 to 2021.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.