Smaragdia rangiana

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–1 m
Water temperature20–30 °C
Best monthsSeptember
How commonRare

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About this species

Smaragdia rangiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Smaragdia rangiana”, 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: 4 records
February: 5 records
March: 5 records
April: 7 records
May: 1 records
June: 4 records
July: 5 records
August: 7 records
September: 17 records
October: 9 records
November: 6 records
December: 3 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–1 m · Deepest record: 0.5 m

0–10 m: 6 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 21 records
26–28 °C: 31 records
28–30 °C: 49 records

Names and classification

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: クサイロカノコ
Simplified Chinese: 翡翠蜑螺

Other scientific names: Nerita rangiana, Neritella puella, Neritina (Theodoxus) viridissima, Neritina rangiana

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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).
114 open-data records from 1841 to 2012.

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