Erronea onyx
- Usual depth7–70 m
- Water temperature18–29 °C
- Best monthsJuly and September
- How commonRare
About this species
Erronea onyx, common name the onyx 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 onyx”, 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: 2 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 7–70 m · Deepest record: 70 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- クチグロキヌタ
Other scientific names: Cypraea onyx, Cypraea prunus, Cypraea pulla, Cypraea succincta, Erronea (Adusta) onyx, Erronea succincta
Similar species
- Thick-edged cowry
Erronea caurica
- Mistaken cowrie
Erronea errones
- Egg cowrie
Erronea ovum
Kiener's CowryBistolida kieneri
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).
- 144 open-data records from 1758 to 2006.
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