Mollusks · La Saladita, Guerrero

Uvanilla buschii

Uvanilla buschii (Uvanilla buschii)
Photographed by dani1212 on iNaturalist

Uvanilla buschii, common name Busch's star shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. Most often recorded in Aug.

TaxonomyGastropoda › Trochida › Turbinidae
Local records1 research-grade observation within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records114 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2025 – 2025
Months recorded near La Saladita
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Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Uvanilla buschii (Uvanilla buschii) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/uvanilla-buschii/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.