Tanea areolata
- Usual depth10–70 m
- Water temperature14–30 °C
- Best monthsJune, July, and December
- How commonRare
About this species
Tanea areolata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Tanea areolata”, 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: 5 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 11 records
- July: 8 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 6 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 10–70 m · Deepest record: 70 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ナガレシボリダマ
- Korean
- 물결무늬구슬우렁이
Other scientific names: Natica areolata
Similar species
- Lined moonsnail
Tanea lineata
- Wavy moonsnail
Tanea undulata
- Black-mouth moonsnail
Mammilla melanostoma
- Spotted Sand Shell
Notocochlis gualteriana
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).
- 117 open-data records from 1844 to 2009.
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