Common Pacific phos
Phos senticosus
- Usual depth13–431 m
- Water temperature15–30 °C
- Best monthsJune and October
- How commonRare
About this species
Phos senticosus, common name common Pacific phos or thorny phos, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails, or dog whelks.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Phos senticosus”, 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: 17 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 8 records
- June: 41 records
- July: 21 records
- August: 13 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 38 records
- November: 14 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 13–431 m · Deepest record: 459 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Common Pacific phos, Phos whelk, Thorny phos, common Pacific phos, phos whelk, thorny phos
Names in 3 more languages
- German
- Kleine Dornenschnecke
- Japanese
- トクサバイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 木賊峨螺
Other scientific names: Cancellaria senticosa, Murex senticosus
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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).
- 435 open-data records from 1758 to 2012.
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