Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 5 records
- February: 10 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 9 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ヨフバイ
Other scientific names: Alectrion sufflatus, Demoulia kurodai, Desmoulea japonica, Nassa (Desmoulea) japonica, Nassa balteata, Nassa binominata, Nassa japonica, Nassa sufflata, Nassarius (Alectrion) balteatus, Nassarius (Telasco) sufflatus, Nassarius balteatus, Tarazeuxis sufflata, Tarazeuxis sufflatus, Telasco sufflatus, Zeuxis (Tarazeuxis) sufflatus
Similar species
- Crowned nassa
Nassarius coronatus
- Glans nassa
Nassarius glans
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 307 open-data records from 1923 to 2017.
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