Pterygia crenulata
- Usual depth47–50 m
- Water temperature16–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, June, and October
- How commonRare
About this species
Pterygia crenulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Pterygia crenulata”, 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: 10 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 8 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 6 records
- October: 8 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 47–50 m · Deepest record: 50 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 16–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- チリメンイモフデ
- Simplified Chinese
- 彈頭筆螺
Other scientific names: Cylindra coronata, Cylindromitra crenulata, Cylindromitra fastidiosa, Voluta crenulata
Similar species
- Finger miter
Pterygia dactylus
- Fenestrate miter
Pterygia fenestrata
- Rough miter
Pterygia scabricula
- Episcopal miter
Mitra mitra
- Lettered Mitre
Strigatella litterata
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).
- 184 open-data records from 1824 to 2009.
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