Spiral Melongena
Volegalea cochlidium
- Usual depth20 m
- Water temperature15–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, April, and November
- How commonRare
About this species
Volegalea cochlidium, common name the spiral melongena, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Volegalea cochlidium”, 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: 2 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 20 m · Deepest record: 20 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Spiral Melongena
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Mélongène spiralée
- Japanese
- アツテングニシ
- Thai
- หอยสังข์ปุ่มเกลียวเวียน
Other scientific names: Cantharus tribuloides, Hemifusus pugilinus, Murex cochlidium, Murex pugilinus, Murex vespertilio, Pugilina cochlidium, Pugilina pugilina, Pyrula bucephala, Pyrula cochlidium, Pyrula fulva, Semifusus cochlidium, Volegalea wardiana
Similar species
ternate false fususBrunneifusus ternatanus
- Heavy crown shell
Volema myristica
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).
- 195 open-data records from 1758 to 2010.
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