Thick-edged cowry

Erronea caurica

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–22 m
Water temperature15–30 °C
Best monthsJanuary, July, and September
How commonOccasional

About this species

Erronea caurica, common name the thick-edged cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Erronea caurica”, 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: 30 records
February: 26 records
March: 19 records
April: 16 records
May: 18 records
June: 17 records
July: 32 records
August: 27 records
September: 30 records
October: 25 records
November: 15 records
December: 15 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–22 m · Deepest record: 38 m

0–10 m: 21 records
10–20 m: 3 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 3 records
20–22 °C: 18 records
22–24 °C: 61 records
24–26 °C: 105 records
26–28 °C: 90 records
28–30 °C: 147 records

Names and classification

English: Thick-edged cowry, thick-edged cowry

Other scientific names: Cypraea caurica, Cypraea lurica, Erronea (Erronea) caurica, Ovatipsa caurica

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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).
1,044 open-data records from 1758 to 2013.

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