Ricinella rubusidaeus

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 19 records
February: 20 records
March: 15 records
April: 11 records
May: 19 records
June: 18 records
July: 26 records
August: 46 records
September: 44 records
October: 23 records
November: 20 records
December: 26 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–20 m · Deepest record: 67.5 m

0–10 m: 24 records
10–20 m: 29 records
20–30 m: 5 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 4 records
24–26 °C: 68 records
26–28 °C: 87 records
28–30 °C: 113 records

Photos

(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) JH, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) cello caruso-turiello, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Drupa (Ricinella) rubusidaeus, Drupa rubusidaeus, Drupa spathulifera, Purpura spathulifera, Ricinella purpurata, Ricinula reeveana, Ricinula spathulifera

Similar species

Common Small Purple
Agnewia tritoniformis
Arakawania granulata
Arakawania marginalba
Arakawania musiva
Adusta murex
Chicoreus brunneus
Branched murex
Chicoreus ramosus

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.
289 open-data records from 1904 to 2023.
Species data updated October 30, 2026.