Breger's cowrie
Contradusta bregeriana
- Usual depth17–65 m
- Water temperature24–28 °C
- Best monthsJuly and August
- How commonRare
About this species
Contradusta bregeriana is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.SubspeciesContradusta bregeriana pervelata (Lorenz, 2002)
Text from the Wikipedia article “Contradusta bregeriana”, 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: 5 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 10 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 17 records
- August: 27 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 13 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 17–65 m · Deepest record: 97 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–28 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Breger's cowrie
Other scientific names: Cypraea bregeriana, Erronea bregeriana
Similar species
- Walker's cowrie
Contradusta walkeri
Kiener's CowryBistolida kieneri
Sieve cowrieCribrarula cribraria
Tiger cowrieCypraea tigris
Thick-edged cowryErronea caurica
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).
- 107 open-data records from 1959 to 1998.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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