Reishia luteostoma
- Usual depth0 m
- Water temperature18–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and June
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Reishia luteostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Reishia luteostoma”, 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: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 19 records
- April: 57 records
- May: 57 records
- June: 53 records
- July: 20 records
- August: 11 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0 m · Deepest record: 0 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- クリフレイシ, レイシガイ
- Korean
- 두드럭고둥, 뿔두드럭고둥
- Simplified Chinese
- 瘤岩螺, 黃口岩螺, 黄口荔枝螺
Other scientific names: Buccinum luteostoma, Purpura bronni, Purpura chusani, Purpura suppressus, Reishia bronni, Reishia jubilaea, Thais (Thaisella) jubilaea, Thais (Thaisella) luteostoma, Thais bronni, Thais jubilaea, Thaisella jubilaea, Thaisella luteostoma
Similar species
- Bituberculate rock shell
Reishia bitubercularis
Common Small PurpleAgnewia tritoniformis
Adusta murexChicoreus brunneus
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).
- 1,090 open-data records from 1917 to 2026.
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