Sieve cowrie

About this species

Cribrarula cribraria, the 'sieve/tan and white cowry', is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 19 records
February: 23 records
March: 24 records
April: 26 records
May: 35 records
June: 32 records
July: 56 records
August: 47 records
September: 50 records
October: 49 records
November: 23 records
December: 17 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 6–70 m · Deepest record: 466 m

0–10 m: 6 records
10–20 m: 9 records
20–30 m: 6 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 19–30 °C

18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 14 records
24–26 °C: 108 records
26–28 °C: 88 records
28–30 °C: 105 records

Photos

(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Cheryl Stinchcomb, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Sieve cowrie, sieve cowrie, Sieve Cowry

Names in 3 more languages

French: Porcelaine criblée
Japanese: カノコダカラ
Simplified Chinese: 花鹿寶螺

Other scientific names: Cribraria cribraria, Cypraea (Cribrarula) cribraria, Cypraea cribraria

Similar species

Kiener's Cowry
Bistolida kieneri
Tiger cowrie
Cypraea tigris
Thick-edged cowry
Erronea caurica
Erronea cylindrica
Mistaken cowrie
Erronea errones
Dirty-yellow cowrie
Luria isabella

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).
606 open-data records from 1758 to 2022.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.