Egg cowrie

Erronea ovum

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–3 m
Water temperature26–30 °C
Best monthsFebruary, July, and August
How commonRare

About this species

Erronea ovum, common name the egg 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 ovum”, 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: 3 records
February: 9 records
March: 0 records
April: 0 records
May: 0 records
June: 6 records
July: 10 records
August: 7 records
September: 0 records
October: 0 records
November: 4 records
December: 3 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–3 m · Deepest record: 3 m

0–10 m: 5 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 26–30 °C

24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 14 records
28–30 °C: 82 records

Names and classification

English: Egg cowrie, egg cowrie

Names in 1 more languages

German: Gemeine Eischnecke

Other scientific names: Cypraea ovum, Erronea (Erronea) ovum

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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).
162 open-data records from 1875 to 1994.

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