Cox's Top Shell
Notogibbula bicarinata
- Water temperature15–23 °C
- Best monthsMarch, May, and September
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Notogibbula bicarinata, common name "Cox's top shell", is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top shells.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 10 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–23 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Cox's Top Shell
Other scientific names: Gibbula coxi, Notogibbula coxi, Stomatella bicarinata, Stomatia bicarinata
Similar species
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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).
- 59 open-data records from 1961 to 2006.
- Species data updated November 5, 2026.
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