Erronea cylindrica

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–9 m
Water temperature15–30 °C
Best monthsAugust, September, and October
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Erronea cylindrica is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Erronea cylindrica”, 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: 16 records
February: 18 records
March: 14 records
April: 19 records
May: 28 records
June: 30 records
July: 37 records
August: 39 records
September: 42 records
October: 40 records
November: 16 records
December: 16 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–9 m · Deepest record: 13.5 m

0–10 m: 18 records
10–20 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 55 records
26–28 °C: 94 records
28–30 °C: 131 records

Photos

no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rainer Breitling, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rod Lowther, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Blasicrura cylindrica, Cypraea cylindrica, Palangerosa cylindrica

Similar species

Thick-edged cowry
Erronea caurica
Mistaken cowrie
Erronea errones
Erronea subviridis
Yellow-toothed Cowrie
Erronea xanthodon
Erronea onyx
Egg cowrie
Erronea ovum

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).
624 open-data records from 1903 to 2014.
Species data updated October 30, 2026.

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