Golden moonsnail
Polinices aurantius
- Usual depth5 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and July
- How commonRare
About this species
Polinices aurantius is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Polinices aurantius”, 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: 3 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5 m · Deepest record: 5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Golden moonsnail, golden moonsnail
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Gold-Monschnecke, Orangefarbene Mondschnecke
- French
- Natice dorée
- Japanese
- キハダトミガイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 橘色乳玉螺, 黃金玉螺
Other scientific names: Albula aurantium, Natica aurantia, Natica straminea, Natica sulphurea
Similar species
- Black-mouth moonsnail
Mammilla melanostoma
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).
- 80 open-data records from 1907 to 1999.
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