๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the blackish worm shell live?

Thylacodes colubrinus has 81 records in 10 countries and territories, from 1929 to 2005. Most records come from Niue.

blackish worm shell
blackish worm shell โ€” Photo: H. Zell ยท CC BY-SA 3.0 ยท Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaLittorinimorphaVermetidaeThylacodes

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19292005

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Niue 54
Philippines 11
Madagascar 5
Australia 2
Japan 2
Mauritius 2
Mozambique 2
Indonesia 1
Maldives 1
Solomon Islands 1
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.