Unedogemmula indica
- Usual depth25–567 m
- Water temperature17–30 °C
- Best monthsJune and October
- How commonRare
About this species
Unedogemmula indica, common name the Indian turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Unedogemmula indica”, 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: 2 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 55 records
- July: 23 records
- August: 12 records
- September: 22 records
- October: 44 records
- November: 7 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 25–567 m · Deepest record: 584 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 17–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Thai
- หอยปิ่นปักผมอินเดีย
- Simplified Chinese
- 印度捲管螺
Other scientific names: Lophiotoma (Lophiotoma) indica, Lophiotoma (Lophioturris) indica, Lophiotoma indica, Lophioturris indica, Pleurotoma (Pleurotoma) gendinganensis, Pleurotoma (Pleurotoma) odengensis, Pleurotoma bulowi, Pleurotoma marmorata, Pleurotoma neglecta, Turricula gendinganensis, Turris indica
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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).
- 294 open-data records from 1798 to 2014.
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