Heavy crown shell
Volema myristica
- Usual depth0.3 m
- Water temperature27–29 °C
- Best monthsJuly
- How commonRare
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: 0 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0.3 m · Deepest record: 0.3 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Heavy crown shell, Nutmeg melongena, heavy crown shell, nutmeg melongena
Names in 1 more languages
- German
- Schwere Kronenschnecke
Other scientific names: Mancinella hippocastanum, Melongena (Volema) hippocastanum, Murex hippocastanum, Purpura hippocastanum, Pyrula galeodes, Thais hippocastanum, Volema aromatica, Volema moschatellina
Similar species
ternate false fususBrunneifusus ternatanus
- Spiral Melongena
Volegalea cochlidium
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 55 open-data records from 1758 to 2009.
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