Neothais marginatra
- Usual depth1–8 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly and September
- How commonRare
About this species
Neothais marginatra, common name : the brownish drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Neothais marginatra”, 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: 2 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 10 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 6 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–8 m · Deepest record: 30 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Simplified Chinese
- 屋瓦結螺, 腰白結螺
Other scientific names: Cronia marginatra, Drupa marginatra, Morula marginatra, Purpura atromarginata, Purpura atro-marginata, Purpura cancellata, Purpura marginatra, Semiricinula marginatra, Sistrum affine, Sistrum indigoferum, Sistrum marginatrum, Thais (Semiricinula) marginatra
Similar species
Common Small PurpleAgnewia tritoniformis
Adusta murexChicoreus brunneus
Branched murexChicoreus ramosus
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).
- 138 open-data records from 1832 to 2016.
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