Spotted Sand Shell
Notocochlis gualteriana
- Usual depth0–86 m
- Water temperature13–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, July, and December
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Notocochlis gualteriana, common name the comma necklace shell, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Notocochlis gualteriana”, 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: 63 records
- February: 49 records
- March: 39 records
- April: 25 records
- May: 28 records
- June: 48 records
- July: 94 records
- August: 50 records
- September: 56 records
- October: 52 records
- November: 45 records
- December: 61 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–86 m · Deepest record: 95 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 13–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Spotted Sand Shell
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ホウシュノタマ
- Simplified Chinese
- 小灰玉螺
Other scientific names: Cochlis migratoria, Cochlis vafer, Natica (Natica) gualtieriana, Natica (Notocochlis) gualtieriana, Natica (Notocochlis) migratoria, Natica avellana, Natica gualteriana, Natica gualtieriana, Natica nemo, Natica rostalina, Natica tessellata, Natica venustula, Notocochlis migratoria, Notocochlis venustula, Tectonatica venustula
Similar species
- Black-mouth moonsnail
Mammilla melanostoma
- Butterfly-Wing Sand Shell
Glyphepithema alapapilionis
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).
- 1,332 open-data records from 1844 to 2014.
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