Auger screw shell

Turritella terebra

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth2–87 m
Water temperature11–30 °C
Best monthsJune, August, and October
How commonRare

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About this species

Turritella terebra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Turritella terebra”, 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: 7 records
February: 5 records
March: 5 records
April: 3 records
May: 5 records
June: 25 records
July: 11 records
August: 24 records
September: 9 records
October: 22 records
November: 17 records
December: 16 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–87 m · Deepest record: 87 m

0–10 m: 3 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 11–30 °C

10–12 °C: 1 records
12–14 °C: 2 records
14–16 °C: 2 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 5 records
26–28 °C: 73 records
28–30 °C: 158 records

Names and classification

English: Auger screw shell, Auger turretsnail, Tower screw shell, auger screw shell, auger turretsnail, tower screw shell

Names in 1 more languages

German: Bohrer-Schraubenschnecke

Other scientific names: Aculea magnifica, Archimediella occidua, Epitonium infinitum, Epitonium monoceros, Epitonium timpanotonor, Epitonium tornatum, Epitonium tympanotonor, Epitonium tympanotonos, Terebra legitima, Turbo archimedis, Turbo terebra, Turritella (Turritella) spectrum, Turritella (Turritella) terebra, Turritella archimedis, Turritella cerea, Turritella kityoensis, Turritella spectrum

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).
411 open-data records from 1758 to 2018.

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