Beaded prickly winkle
Tectarius coronatus
- Water temperature27–29 °C
- Best monthsJuly
- How commonRare
About this species
Tectarius coronatus, common name beaded prickly winkle or coronate prickly-winkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. It is the type species of the genus Tectarius and is native to the limestone coasts of islands in the western Pacific Ocean.
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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: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Beaded prickly winkle, Crowned prickly winkle, beaded prickly winkle, crowned prickly winkle
Names in 3 more languages
- German
- Gekrönte Strandschnecke
- Japanese
- イガタマキビ
- Simplified Chinese
- 金塔玉黍螺
Similar species
- New Zealand Blue-banded Periwinkle
Austrolittorina antipodum
- Blue Periwinkle
Austrolittorina unifasciata
- Robust shell
Littoraria undulata
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).
- 22 open-data records from 1958 to 1970.
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