Yellow-toothed Cowrie
Erronea xanthodon
- Usual depth1–5 m
- Water temperature19–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and August
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Alesha Teitzel, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 73 records
- February: 101 records
- March: 121 records
- April: 138 records
- May: 192 records
- June: 122 records
- July: 115 records
- August: 154 records
- September: 115 records
- October: 68 records
- November: 76 records
- December: 80 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–5 m · Deepest record: 5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C
Photos
(c) Hayley P, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Greg Tasney, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Petra Holland, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Alesha Teitzel, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Mark Clarke, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Yellow-toothed Cowrie, Yellow-toothed Cowry
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- アオナツメダカラ
Other scientific names: Cypraea xanthodon, Notadusta eugeniae
Similar species
Thick-edged cowryErronea caurica
Mistaken cowrieErronea errones
Egg cowrieErronea 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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 330 open-data records from 1832 to 2005.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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