Bloodsucker miter

Vexillum sanguisuga

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth4–23 m
Water temperature23–30 °C
Best monthsFebruary, August, and December
How commonRare

About this species

Vexillum sanguisuga, common name the branded mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Vexillum sanguisuga”, 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: 13 records
March: 10 records
April: 3 records
May: 3 records
June: 5 records
July: 9 records
August: 15 records
September: 1 records
October: 3 records
November: 9 records
December: 11 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–23 m · Deepest record: 533 m

0–10 m: 13 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 8 records
26–28 °C: 38 records
28–30 °C: 95 records

Names and classification

English: Bloodsucker miter, Bloodsucking miter, Bloodsucking mitre, bloodsucker miter, bloodsucking miter, bloodsucking mitre

Names in 2 more languages

German: Blutsauger-Mitra
Japanese: カノコミノムシ

Other scientific names: Mitra (Callithea) stigmataria, Mitra (Turricula) sanguisuga, Mitra cancellata, Mitra sanguisuga, Mitra stigmataria, Pulchritima sanguisuga, Tiara (Callithea) stigmataria, Turricula sanguisuga, Vexillum (Costellaria) sanguisuga, Vexillum granosum, Vexillum sanguisugum, Voluta granosa, Voluta sanguisuga

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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).
219 open-data records from 1861 to 2012.

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