Tiger Moon Snail
Paratectonatica tigrina
- Usual depth20 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly and August
- How commonRare
About this species
Paratectonatica tigrina, common name tiger moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Paratectonatica tigrina”, 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: 4 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 10 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 20 m · Deepest record: 20 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Tiger Moon Snail
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- ゴマフダマ
- Thai
- หอยพระจันทร์ลายเสือ
- Simplified Chinese
- 豹斑玉螺
Other scientific names: Cochlis tigrina, Natica javanica, Natica maculata, Natica maculosa, Natica pellistigrina, Natica tigrina, Notocochlis tigrina
Similar species
- Black-mouth moonsnail
Mammilla melanostoma
- Spotted Sand Shell
Notocochlis gualteriana
- 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).
- 163 open-data records from 1798 to 2014.
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