Map cowrie
Leporicypraea mappa
- Usual depth2–30 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, June, and July
- How commonRare
About this species
Leporicypraea mappa, common name the map cowry, is a species of large sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Leporicypraea mappa”, 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: 7 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 7 records
- July: 11 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–30 m · Deepest record: 210 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Map cowrie, map cowrie, Map Cowry
Names in 5 more languages
- German
- Landkartenkauri, Landkartenschnecke
- French
- Porcelaine-carte
- Japanese
- ハラダカラ
- Thai
- หอยเบี้ยลายแผนที่
- Simplified Chinese
- 地圖寶螺
Other scientific names: Cypraea (Aricia) mappa, Cypraea (Leporicypraea) mappa, Cypraea mappa, Mauritia (Leporicypraea) mappa, Mauritia mappa
Similar species
Kiener's CowryBistolida kieneri
Sieve cowrieCribrarula cribraria
Tiger cowrieCypraea tigris
- Thick-edged cowry
Erronea caurica
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).
- 346 open-data records from 1758 to 2014.
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